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BELGRADE - US President Donald Trump should send Javelin FGM-148 handheld anti-tank missiles to Kiev to support Ukraine government forces, Senator John McCain told Sputnik.

When asked on Thursday what kind of weapons the United States should send to arm Ukrainian government forces, McCain named Javelin anti-tank missiles and counter-battery armor.

Russia lunched a new exoatmospheric anti-satellite missile last week. The missile is capable of destroying US strategic satellites.

If Serbia's plans to buy air defense systems and MiG-29s from Russia are successful, these arms "will restore the balance in the Balkans."

According to Moscow-based Kommersant paper, quoted by Sputnik, this balance "could be undermined by Croatia's plans to buy operational-tactical missiles MGM-140 ATACMS from the U.S." - ones that have the range of 300 kilometers.

The US Navy will formally inaugurate its new missile defence base in southern Romania on Friday once construction of the base is complete.

There are still some tests to be run before the system is fully operational, most likely by April next year, according to Romanian officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he hopes nuclear weapons will not be needed after Russia launched cruise missiles from its submarine at ISIS targets in Syria.

Turkey will focus on long-range missile defense system developed by indigenous means, hence why the country canceled the existing missile project tender with a recent decision by the Defense Industry Executive Committee, said the National Defense Ministry in a written statement. 

Patriot missiles deployed in Turkey since 2013 to guard against rockets from Syria will be removed for planned upgrades in October, despite the ongoing crisis across the border, the Pentagon said on Oct.1.

Testifying for Ratko Mladic, ballistic expert Zorica Subotic said that the killings in the Markale market in 1994 were not caused by a mortar missile but by a stationary explosive.

The U.S. will send an additional anti-missile Aegis-equipped ship to the Mediterranean this fall to defend Turkey and other NATO allies against ballistic missile threats, U.S. Navy spokeswoman Cmdr. Pamela Rawe told Anadolu Agency on Aug. 19. 

"The U.S. is committed to the defense of our NATO allies, which includes Turkey," Rawe said.

The United States announced on Aug. 16 that it had informed the Turkish government that the U.S. deployment of Patriot air and missile defense units in Turkey, which expires in October, will not be renewed. The announcement came one day after Germany also said it would pull its Patriot missile batteries from southern Turkey.