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    FOUR EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS HOLD JOINT ANTI-TERROR AIR DEFENSE EXERCISES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA

    The Associated Press
    08/30/05 07:14 EDT

    1/4tMOSCOW (AP) - Four ex-Soviet republics held joint anti-terror
    air defense exercises in southern Russia on Tuesday, news agencies
    reported. 1/4tMore than 40 aircraft and 2,000 personnel from Russia,
    Armenia, Belarus and Tajikistan were expected to take part in the
    maneuvers near the southern Russian city of Astrakhan, the ITAR-Tass
    news agency reported, citing Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov, commander of the
    Russian Air Force. 1/4tThey will practice counter-terrorist attacks
    and maneuvers, ITAR-Tass said. 1/4tRussian Defense Minister Sergei
    Ivanov, attending the exercises, said that Russia had recently agreed
    to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Belarus, news reports
    said. The S-300 series can be used against airplanes, cruise missiles
    and ballistic missiles, at a maximum range of about 90 kilometers
    (55 miles). 1/4tIvanov also said Russia continued to be in favor of
    creating a pan-European missile defense system, report said. 1/4tRussia
    first raised the idea of a European missile defense system in 2000
    amid the dispute over the United States' intention to abandon the
    Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. However, the proposal attracted little
    interest. 1/4tThe proposal did not foresee establishing a unified
    system per se, but as a mechanism for coordinating the missile defense
    commands of various countries.
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