Russia will go forward with plans to develop its own missile defense system after the ratification of a strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States, Russia's defense minister said on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports.
The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, ratified on Wednesday the new arms reduction pact, replacing START 1, which expired in December 2009.
The agreement, signed in Prague last April by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama, slashes the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads, down from the current ceiling of 2,200.
Russia to continue developing missile defense system
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