Putin Orders 'Symmetric' Response After U.S. Ground-Launched Cruise Missile Test
August 23 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the defense ministry to prepare a "symmetric" response to Washington's ground-launched cruise missile test earlier this week, reports the Tass news agency (Moscow).
Putin issued the order during a meeting of Russia's security council on Friday.
The move is a response to the U.S. test-firing of a ground-launched variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile on Aug. 18. The missile traveled more than 300 miles (500 km) and accurately hit its...
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