19 Dec 2013 12:54

Deployment of Iskander missiles is only one of possible responses to missile defenses - Putin

MOSCOW. Dec 19 (Interfax) - The deployment of Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region is Russia's response to the European missile defense system, and while this response is not the most efficient, it is not the only possible one, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"Iskander is not the only way of our defense and response to the threats that we see around us. Iskander is only one of the elements of a possible response, and it is far from being the most efficient one, although this is the most efficient weapon in the world in its segment," Putin said at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday.