The launch was also a finger in the eye for America, which has seen its latest long-range anti-ballistic-missile test in the Pacific suffer an embarrassing radar malfunction.
美国对这次发射了如指掌，刚刚在太平洋进行的远程反导试验出现了令人尴尬的雷达故障。
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Mr Putin has never liked America's missile defence, but seemed to acquiesce when Mr Bush quit the Anti-Ballisticmissile (ABM) treaty in 2002.
The two leaders also stressed that the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-BallisticMissile Systems (ABM) signed in 1972 is the cornerstone for international strategic balance and security.