Russia deploys defense missile system on Kuril island near Japan | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Russia’s defense ministry has said it has deployed mobile coastal defense missile systems on a northern Kuril island--part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between Japan and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.

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