Rows of missiles and tanks rumbled through Moscow's Red Square and dozens of combat jets streaked overhead in the Victory Day parade Saturday in the largest display of military might since the Soviet times.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned sternly that Russia was ready to respond to any challenge and said its military has proven that in real action _ a clear reference to the war with neighboring ex-Soviet Georgia.
While Medvedev didn't specifically mention the war, he alluded to the five-day conflict, saying that the World War II taught a lesson which "remains acute today when again there are those who engage in military adventurism."
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