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U.S. Held 5 Inspections of Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces - SMF Commander

10:19 21/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti)

U.S. military inspectors have conducted five inspections of Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) arsenal over the last six months as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-3), SMF Commander Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Monday.

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