Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, shakes hands with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with defense officials in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will counter NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons capable of piercing the shield. Second right is Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Faced with rising pressure from Congress, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday that the Obama administration is pursuing ways …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
