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The successful launch from a remote rocket range near Woomera, in South Australia, helped staunch fears that China and Russia were racing ahead in a new hypersonic arms race, and concerns over increasingly hostile missile tests by North Korea.

The incredible speed would theoretically take a hypersonic glider from London to Australia in a little over one hour.

Although, the US has said the missiles will only carry conventional warheads, there are already fears other nations could use them to increase nuclear capabilities.

The hypersonic glider is capable of travelling at Mach8 - eight times faster than the speed of sound, from between 3,836mph (6,200kmh)to almost 8,000mph (13,000kmh).

The test was part of a project called the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation Program (HIFiRE) involving the US and Australian militaries, Queensland University, Australias Defence Science and Technology Group and private companies, including Boeing and BAE Systems.

The date of the test earlier this month has not been released, however, a video of the launch was posted online a few days ago by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology of the University of Queensland, which is a partner in HIFiRE.

Just weeks ago, in May, members of US Congress raised concerns that the US was trailing behind Russia and China in the development of hypersonic weapons capabilities.

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US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, said at a Congress hearing steps needed to be taken to counter any potential threat to the US from the advancement of the technology.

He said: "I'm concerned about Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons development, and I expressed those concerns in the right places.

"What we can do is to develop our own hypersonic weapons and improve our defences against theirs."

Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne said the launch: takes us one step closer to the realisation of hypersonic flight.

She said it raised the military potential of Australia, as by having mastered the technology of hypersonic flight, the nation would be in a better place to respond to future threats.

There had been earlier launches under the 41m project, including those in Hawaii and Norway in 2012.

Mrs Payne said the latest launch was the end of the tests as part of the HiFiRE series.

I'm concerned about Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons development, and I expressed those concerns in the right places.

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However, she added that Australia aims to maintain its position at the leading edge of hypersonic research and looks forward to arranging further hypersonic flight experiments with the US.

There are faster intercontinental ballistic missiles around, but the hypersonic glider has better maneuverability, and is less easily detected on approach.

BAE Systems Australia said in a statement that "the successful flight trial was the most complex of all HIFiRE flights conducted to date".

The US has said it will only use the missiles for conventional weapons.

Some experts fear once the technology is perfected, other nations will use them for nuclear warheads, and then the US will be forced to follow suit.

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US and Japanese flags are visible on the USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan

But that hasn't stopped a number of experts voicing concerns that other nations will use the technology to launch a nuclear strike.

Yousaf Butt, a nuclear physicist and visiting research fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, told the Huffington Post: "Washington had always intended for the new 'hypersonic boost-glide' weapons to remain purely conventional

"But Russia and China seem to be pursuing nuclear variants.

"If the hypersonic arms race heads in a nuclear direction, Washington may be pressured to follow."

So far in 2017 North Korea has fired 17 missiles, despite an outcry from the United States.

There are fears it could now even have the capability to fire a missile that could reach the US, potentially sparking World War 3.

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Speeding towards WW3: US and Australia launch HIFiRE 'hypersonic' missile in new arms race - Express.co.uk

CHINA has flown six nuclear capable bombers over a set of disputed islands in a major World War 3 taunt.

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The H-6K bombers did a number of drills over the Bashi Channel and Miyako Straight in the last few days and sparked outrage in Japan.

But the territory sits right between the Sakishima islands and Okinawa, which links to the Japanese mainland.

The Channel is also of huge importance in terms of global trade with world powers jostling for control of its fish stocks and for its access to shipping lanes.

But Beijing has taunted its Japanese neighbours, telling them to "get used to it".

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They will feel better after getting used to such drills

A spokesman for the Chinese Government said: [Our] air force over the past week conducted multiple drills far out at sea, with H-6K bombers and many other types of aircraft flying through the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait, testing actual battle capabilities over the sea."

They added the move was part of "routine exercises".

And Colonel Ren Guoqiang Guoqiang told Chinese media: It is legitimate for Chinese military planes to fly through the strait, and more similar training will be conducted on the high seas as needed.

The parties concerned dont need to overact and make a great fuss about it."

He added:They will feel better after getting used to such drills.

Japan has previously expressed its outrage at China flying into contested territories before.

It is just one of the tactics the superpower uses to assert its dominance in the region.

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China deploys NUCLEAR BOMBERS over islands in major WW3 taunt - Daily Star

NORTH KOREA could fire a deadly nuke missile capable of wiping out entire cities along the US's west coast including Las Vegas.

Daily Star Online previously reported shock analysis from a missile expert that an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) could bypass US defence systems.

Now we can map the very cities it could wipe out after the boffin said the Hermit State is making an ICBM capable of travelling a massive 9,700km.

The expert, John Schilling, said that when all the bugs are worked out the missile will be able to blast US shores.

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Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state

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Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you

This means California could be thrown into the target zone, with the likes of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego falling within the radius.

Crazy Kim Jong-uns nuke could also wipe out popular Brit gambling destination Las Vegas, which is 9,200km away in Nevada.

The expert predicts such a nuke is two years away from being produced, but if Kim succeeds, there are numerous other cities he could take aim at.

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Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un gloats as the world reacts to the news of his successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. As Trump took to Twitter to slam the secretive state, the world watches in fear: is this how WW3 starts?

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Kim Jong-un watches as the missile launches

The likes of Seattle in Washington, Denver in Colorado, Portland in Oregon, Salt Lake City in Utah and Phoenix in Arizona also fall within the 9,700km zone.

We previously reported US defence chiefs fear the communist state is developing an ICBM capable of going as far as 8,000km.

But those fears were heightened when Kim test fired a Hwasong-14 ICBM into the Sea of Japan last week.

The North Koreans won't be able to achieve this performance tomorrow, but they likely will eventually

Writing for the 38 North website, aerospace engineer Mr Schilling said: If the Hwasong-14 is put together the way we think it is, it can probably do a bit better than that when all the bugs are worked out

The North Koreans won't be able to achieve this performance tomorrow, but they likely will eventually.

"A range of as much as 9,700 kilometers, approximately the distance from North Korean launch sites to the US naval base at San Diego, would be possible with a 500 kg payload.

To give an idea of just how far North Koreas planned missile could travel, the distance from the UK to Japan is 9,400km, and from the UK to Darwin, northern Australia, is 13,600km.

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DONALD Trump has threatened North Korean despot Kim Jong-un with pretty severe things if he continues with his deadly nuke programme.

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The President lashed out at Kim in a heated rant following the tyrants successful ICBM test this week.

North Koreas missile launch saw their dreaded ICBM fly into the Sea of Japan, after being in the air for more than half an hour.

And Trump was quick to hit back with his own massive military exercises in South Korea as a show of force to the rotund ruler.

Tensions on the Korean peninsular have reached an all time high as US and South Korean forces launched a drill which saw them fire off missiles in response to Kim Jong-un's successful test of an ICBM

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US and South Korean forces fire off missiles from the South's Hyunmu-2 Missile System and the US M20 Multiple Launch Rocket System. The test is in answer to North Korea's test of an ICBM

"I have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about, Trump said in a statement on Thursday.

That doesn't mean we're going to do them. I don't draw red lines.

He added the North is "behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it."

Serious concerns have been raised by the international community about North Koreas missile programme.

It is believed Kim's new missile could obliterate a major US city, with an estimated range of around 6,700 km (4,160 miles).

Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state

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Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you

A US Defence Department spokesman, Captain Jeff Davis, said the US had not seen a missile like the tubby tyrant's latest deadly ICBM.

While Commander of US forces in Korea, Gen Vincent K Brooks, said: "As the combined live fire demonstrated, we may make resolute decisions any time, if the alliance commanders-in-chief order it.

"Whoever thinks differently is making a serious misjudgement."

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MILLION pound nuclear shelters are lying underneath our feet in Britain ready and waiting for World War 3 and the Daily Star Online can reveal exactly where they are.

The threat of a nuke war involving North Korea is higher than ever before after its tyrant leader Kim Jong-un tested his first intercontinental ballistic missile this week.

So if and when the time comes, and the UK finds itself in the firing line, thousands of Brits will be desperately cramming into nuclear fallout shelters across the country.

But the bad news is the numbers of active shelters fall into just single figures. And worse still, one of the just four shelters Daily Star Online have come across will only be reserved for the Prime Minister.

A cold war expert also revealed to us there are many more shelters across Britain that are being kept hidden from society, and has revealed some of their secret locations.

And on top of all of that, despite the already little protection, Nick Catford, the author of Cold War Bunkers, has a chilling warning for Daily Star Online readers: We are not prepared for a nuclear war.

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Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un gloats as the world reacts to the news of his successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. As Trump took to Twitter to slam the secretive state, the world watches in fear: is this how WW3 starts?

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Kim Jong-un watches as the missile launches

The country currently houses four known nuke bunkers, but once was a hotbed for dozens of them which were built for the Cold War, before being turned into museums, sold off, or simply decommissioned.

Heres a list of the shelters as listed by Civil Defence Today:

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Widen the net and include decommissioned and transformed bunkers, then these 14 shelters would have once been our getaway locations:

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Photographs have emerged of a forgotten Cold War bunker - complete with fascinating instructions of what to do in event of a nuclear attack. The hidden relic deep in the heart of the East Anglian countryside was built in 1958 when tensions between the West and the Soviet Union were growing towards their height.

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Although the public could flee into some of the active bunkers in the event of an all-out war involving the likes of Russia, North Korea and USA, they werent actually built for us, Cold War Bunkers writer Nick told Daily Star Online.

Provision was never made for the people here, ever, he told us. The Government, military and services were prepared for themselves.

But in other countries there was. In Sweden for example during the cold war, when you had a new build you would have to have fallout shelters included, but we never had that.

Some people built their own fallout shelters there are some fallout shelters in houses but they are very few and far between.

He added: (If there was a nuclear war) theres very little we could do.

In the Cold War the local and national government all had bunkers and fall out shelters and the main reason for those was so that in the event of a nuclear attack they could keep services running.

Nick revealed to Daily Star Online that besides the Government-commissioned bunkers, there are actually secret shelters lying underneath properties across the country that are kept hidden from the public.

During the threat of Cold War some people built their own bunkers under their homes, he said.

There was a company in Kent that would build shelters to order in your garden.

There was this one man in Brixham, Devon who got a bit paranoid in the cold war, and built his own house with a shelter underneath it.

I stayed there the night once, and hed fitted it out in similar equipment to the Government!

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Hes got plenty of food, water, hes got the generator. He is quite well provided for.

But for how long? Everything is going to run out, so youve got to come out at some time.

All the tins (of food) there I remember were dated to the 1980s, so they never got replaced!

The locations of the secret bunkers revealed to us are mainly in villages, and include Pluckily in Kent, Balcombe in Sussex, South Godstone in Surrey and Brixton in Devon.

But if anyone is now thinking about building their own nuke bunker, Nick has a word of warning: The cost is colossal.

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Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state

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Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you

He told us: When the UK started its bunker building programme in the 1950s, at the start of the Cold War, we put all our radar stations in protected bunkers and just building the bunkers for the radar stations virtually bankrupted the country.

We cant afford it, and anyway, no bunker that we could build would withstand a direct hit.

They need blast protection, which would be virtually impossible to provide.

You then need filtration so if your air runs out, any air that you bring from the surface is clean from radiation. This would be horrendously expensive.

You would also need a supply of fuel for running a generator and a water supply - it is all just so expensive and the idea of the Government building shelters isnt going to happen.

But dont be downhearted, as Nick believes there is only a small chance of a nuclear bomb going off in Britain.

There is no threat whatsoever from the Soviets. I dont think there is a threat from North Korea either, he said.

The only slight worry would be if a terrorist organisation got hold of something. It would be a small, probably quite dirty bomb. But I dont think you could prepare for something like that.

If anyone is still concerned about not having a bunker, Nick told Daily Star Online: I dont think we have anything to worry about. I have a bunker, but I wont be running to it! I wouldnt want to be stuck down in that.

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It follows outrage from Islamabad about the sale of advanced weapons to India by some countries Pakistan claims would undermine the strategic balance in the region.

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said: The weapon system will augment credible deterrence against [the] prevailing threat spectrum more effectively, including anti-missile defences.

Nasr is a high precision weapon system with the ability of quick deployments.

General Bajwa used the launch to target Indias cold start doctrine by saying the missile launch has put cold water on Cold Start.

In India, operation Cold Start is the armys attempt to retaliate to Pakistani terror attacks by quickly mobilising a military unit to seize and hold territory without giving Islamabad the excuse to escalate the conflict.

Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat said: The Cold Start doctrine exists for conventional military operations. Whether we have to conduct conventional operations for such strikes is a decision well thought through, involving the government and the Cabinet Committee on Security.

New Delhi has only recently acknowledged the existence of Cold Start as tensions escalate between the two countries with nuclear weapons.

Pakistans general congratulated the engineers and scientists who were working on the missile project, he said: You are our real heroes; the unseen; we owe you our gratitude.

Our strategic capability is a guarantee of peace against a highly militarised and increasingly belligerent neighbour."

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Artists pay tribute to the warriors of the past in the Games' opening ceremony

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Pakistan, which previously vowed to destroy India if provoked, claimed the trials were conducted to evaluate the projectiles technical parameters and proudly stated the range has increased from 60 kilometres to 70 kilometres.

General Bajwa claimed Pakistan will go to any length to ensure regional peace and stability. He also supported the government's efforts for peace through talks.

He added: We whole-heartedly support all government efforts towards peace through dialogue. Our capability is only meant to ensure, (that) no one thinks that war remains an option.

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WW3 FEARS: Pakistan fires ballistic missile against 'hostile and belligerent India' - Express.co.uk

NORTH Korea has revealed it fired an an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) today but what is it and how far can it reach?

North Korea declared itself a "nuclear power" after launching an ICBM into the Sea of Japan in yet another missile test that angered the international community today.

An ICBM is a long-range guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres.

In theory, it is thought US and North Korea which are around 8,000km apart could strike each other with an ICBM.

The primary purpose of the missile is to delivery several warheads containing nuclear weapons on multiple long range targets.

ICBM were first deployed by the Soviet Union in 1958, following by the US in 1959 and China some 20 years later.

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The world watches as Kim Jong-un celebrates his latest step in the North Korean nuclear programme as he successfully fires a missile 500km towards the Sea of Japan

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Kim Jong-un is pleased with the missile test

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Peak speed for an ICMB is around 14,500mph or 6-7km/s with a 10 minute acceleration period.

At that speed an ICBM fired from Moscow could reach New York in around 20 to 30 minutes.

ICBMs can be deployed from multiple platforms, including missile silos, submarines, heavy trucks and mobile launchers on rails.

Russia's RS-24 Yars Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can strike anywhere in the US with ten nuclear warheads, according to reports.

US nukes are like Ferraris: beautiful, intricate, and designed for high performance.

China has developed a similar platform, and the US has no way to defend against such devastating nukes.

In comparison, the US's Minuteman III ICBM carries just one warhead, and was introduced in the 1970s.

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, publisher of Arms Control Wonk, said the US possess the most accurate nukes in the world.

He said: US nukes are like Ferraris: beautiful, intricate, and designed for high performance.

Experts have said the plutonium pits will last for 100s of years."

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The US have contraversially began installing the THAAD anti-ballistic missile system on South Korea in a bid to nip Kim Jong-un's budding nuclear capability in the bud. The move has seen tensions between the US and North Korea soar to new heights

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A truck is seen carrying parts required to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system that had arrived at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Pyongyanglaunched the Hwasong-14 missile from the North Phyongan province, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The ICBM is the first of its kind to be launched by the communist state.

It can carry nuclear weapons and it is believed it could reach US mainland.

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The tyrant can be seen grinning as paratroopers descend onto the site of the drill before blowing up a mocked-up south Korean missile system.

And a commentator on the state-spread video can be heard claiming the Hermit Kingdoms armed forces will be able to wipe out the daylight robbery U.S. imperialist and its subordinate [South Korea] without a trace, NK news has confirmed.

The drill, released as part of an hour-long propaganda video by the North, will serve as a challenge to the South after the Western allied nation tested a ballistic missile to stand up to Kim Jong-uns military advances.

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The nations presidential office said in a statement last week that South Korea had successfully test-fired a type of Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile.

Defence officials believe the missile may have travelled up to 497 miles (800 kilometres) the maximum ballistic missile range allowed under a deal with the US before it hit a designated test target.

South Korean military revealed it had already tested the missile four times and said it will be ready to use after two more launches.

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1st Infantry Division of the US Army shows soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion and 34th Armor Regiment

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The nations president, Moon Jae-in, said: I am a believer in dialogue, but I also know that dialogue is possible when we have a strong national defence.

A policy of embracing North Korea is possible when we have a defence capability that surpasses that of North Korea.

It comes as Chinas ambassador to the UN warns tensions on the Korean peninsula could spiral out of control unless both the North and the South agree to settle their conflict through negotiations.

Ambassador Liu Jieyi said: "Currently tensions are high and we certainly would like to see a de-escalation.

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US and Japanese flags are visible on the USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan

"If tension only goes up ... then sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences would be disastrous."

The call for peace talks between the two Koreas has been backed by both Chinese officials and South Koreas new president Moon Jae-in, turning away from the foreign policy of US President Donald Trump who has called on the world to exert maximum pressure on the Kim regime.

Calling for peace talks, the ambassador added: "We cannot afford to wait for too long without dialogue taking place."

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A TOP NATO official has warned another major cyber attack may lead to all out war as governments reel from devastating hacks.

Secretary general Jens Stoltenberg made the chilling comment following a paralysing software attack that crippled governments and businesses across the globe.

Mr Stoltenberg said: The attack in May and this week underlines the importance of strengthening our cyber defences and that is what we are doing.

We exercise more, we share best practices and technology and we also work more and more closely with all allies.

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He added NATO leaders last year agreed a devastating cyberattack could be considered a threat to warrant members to trigger article 5 which states nations will actively defend an ally if they come under attack.

While it is not clear where the ransomeware hack which holds data hostage until payments are made originated, officials in Ukraine laid blame squarely at Vladimir Putins feet.

Kiev previously stated the Kremlin had launched similarly devastating attacks on their neighbour.

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Putin has an arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry at his fingertips. Could this be the hardware that wages WW3?

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The T-90 tank: equipped with a 125mm smoothbore cannon and remote controlled anti-aircraft gun

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Firms in the UK said they had been crippled by the virus and foreign businesses and governments also claimed to have been hit.

British defence secretary Michael Fallon took a strong stance on Tuesday and said the government would consider using military force against a country that ordered a cyber attack.

The hack comes little over one month after a similar software crippled the NHS and other institutions across the globe.

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RUSSIA has warned the tensions between itself and NATO are "likely to deteriorate" as total war in Europe looks ever more likely.

Sergey Shoigu, Russias defence minister, said the growing NATO presence in Eastern Europe demonstrates blatant unwillingness of Western nations to stop pursuing an anti-Russian agenda.

Shoigu also said Russia would be forced to beef up its defence preparations amid the increased threat of war.

It is related to the growing military activity of NATO countries in Eastern Europe, Shoigu said.

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Putin has an arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry at his fingertips. Could this be the hardware that wages WW3?

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The T-90 tank: equipped with a 125mm smoothbore cannon and remote controlled anti-aircraft gun

The ongoing developments clearly indicate blatant unwillingness of the Western partners to stop pursuing the anti-Russian agenda.

"The NATO summit in May also demonstrated that, when international terrorism and Russia were placed on the same list of threats.

The NATO buildup includes the modernisation of airfields, ports and other military sites, as well as the deployment of new US missile defence systems.

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NATO forces have been despatched to Estonia, on the Russian border, as a deterrent to increasing Russian aggression. The Ministry of Defence are calling it the largest NATO deployment to Eastern Europe since the Cold War

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20 Armoured Infantry Brigade arrive in the port of Emden, Germany to be loaded and transported to Estonia

The defence minister said NATO's enormous military drills, which involve thousands of troops as well as dozens of military planes and ships, had forced Russia to react.

Such unjustified actions of our Western colleagues lead to erosion of the global security system," he added.

"[These actions] raise mutual suspicions and push us to undertake retaliatory measures, mainly in the western strategic direction.

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