 Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted Tuesday that Russia has new missiles capable of penetrating any missile defense system and said he had briefed French President Jacques Chirac on their capabilities. "Russia has tested missile systems that no one in the world has," Putin said. "These missile systems don't represent a response to a missile defense system, but it doesn't matter to them whether that exists or not. They are hypersonic and capable of changing their flight path." Putin said the new missiles were capable of carrying nuclear warheads. He wouldn't say whether the Russian military already had commissioned any such missiles. Also at Putin's annual news conference: He denied rumors that he will take up the reins of the world's biggest gas producer, the state-controlled monopoly Gazprom, upon leaving the Kremlin. Putin is constitutionally barred from running for a third term in presidential elections in 2008 and speculation has been rife about his possible successor...
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