VLADIMIR PUTIN has deployed his "matchless" missile system to Kim Jong-un's border defend against attacks as World War 3 looks imminent.

The Buk-M3 is the most advanced anti-missile system in the world, according to Moscow.

The move is seen as a deliberate effort to stem the tide of North Korean aggression which resulted in a number of successful nuke tests over the last few weeks.

Putin has previously expressed "profound concern" over Kim's recent missile launches.

Reports said the deployment was "a precaution due to the situation in the Korean peninsula escalates".

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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.

"The brigade can be relocated further east and used to cover administrative and industrial centres from possible missile or aviation attack."

The Buk-M3 is seen as countering cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, aircrafts and helicopters, and this is its first deployment in the east of the country.

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Training will go on for two months after which the Buk-M3 "will be fully prepared for combat missions".

Kim has previously promised "weekly" missile tests in the face of US aggression in the peninsula.

And the tubby tyrants persistence with the North Korean nuclear programme has led to international condemnation from world leaders, including Putin.

Kremlin newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta said: "The Buk-M3 can fire 20 seconds after stopping. In fact, it almost fires on the move.

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"A transporter-loader vehicle from which it can also be fired, simultaneously carries 12 launch containers with missiles.

"The Buk-M3 is able to destroy strategic and tactical aviation aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, guided aircraft bombs, and other flying objects.

"It can fire at surface and ground radio-contrast targets, that is, to be used as a tactical guided missile."

While Ulan-Ude is some 2,130 miles west from the Russian border with North Korea, experts say the Buk-M3 can be swiftly relocated in the even of rising tensions.

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