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Russian air defense system highly vigilant after DPRK missile test: lawmaker

Xinhua, April 29, 2017 Adjust font size:

The air defense in Russia's Far East region has been put on "high alert" after the latest missile test carried out by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a Russian senior lawmaker said Saturday.

"Russia closely follows the developments" in Pyongyang, and "controls the airspace ... of the Russian air forces," Victor Ozerov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security, was quoted by Sputnik as saying.

The DPRK reportedly test-fired a ballistic missile from a site north of its capital at about 5:30 a.m local time on Saturday (2100 GMT on Friday), which was estimated to have failed as the missile exploded shortly after liftoff.

While noting that although Russia is not targeted by Pyongyang's missile launches, he added that the country "will do everything to prevent missiles from accidentally landing on the territory of Russia in the case of an extraordinary situation." Endi