WWIII FEARS: Putin deploys ‘kill-all’ anti-missile system in warning shot to North Korea
VLADIMIR PUTIN is deploying his new-state-of-the-art Buk-M3 missile defence system in eastern Siberia in response to concerns over war breaking out in North Korea.
By WILL STEWART
Express.co.uk
Tue, Jun 13, 2017
The move follows a warning by US defence secretary Jim Mattis this week that Kim Jong Un’s regime is the world’s “most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security”.
The Buk-M3 has no match among Western armaments, according to Moscow which has expressed “profound concern” over recent North Korean missile launches which “serve to heighten tensions”, with US warships already on patrol in the region.
Deployment of the highly mobile, multifunctional mid-range air defence missile system will be in Ulan-Ude, capital of the Republic of Buryatia, a mainly Buddhist region close to Lake Baikal in Siberia.
The Buk-M3 is seen as countering cruise missiles, theatre ballistic missiles, aircrafts and helicopters, and this is its first deployment in the east of the country.
Reports today citing informed military experts said the deployment was “a precaution in case situation in the Korean peninsula escalates”.
Russia has already bolstered its military readiness in the country’s far east, where it shares land and sea borders with North Korea.
Expert Vasily Kashin, from the Institute of the Far East, said: “Re-arming the air missile defence brigade in Ulan-Ude will become another guarantee in case of escalation in the Korean peninsula.
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