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(FILES) A file picture taken on April 20, 2010, shows a Russian Iskander ballistic missile launcher rolling during a rehearsal of a military parade in Alabino outside Moscow. Russia said today its dispute with the United States over missile defence was near a „dead end” and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield. Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov said one option was for Russia to station short-range Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad exclave near Poland in a long-discussed move that has gravely alarmed Eastern European states. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV