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22nd May 2011, 06:59
FYI:
Russian General Andrei Tretyak, head of the Armed Forces General Staff Main Operations Directorate (GOU), confirmed his country's position that the deployment of U.S. missile defense systems poses a real threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent.
The general said the threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent will emerge after 2015, when the United States modifies its SM-3 anti-missiles and brings its seaborne missile defense group to 40 ships with 400 interceptor missiles.
Tretyak put special emphasis on the threat posed by missile defense elements on Polish territory.
Poland's main political forces and the majority of the media were critical of President Barack Obama's decision in September 2009 to cancel the deployment of American interceptors on its territory. RIA Novosti
FACTS & FIGURES
Russia is deeply concerned that after Poland and Romania, elements of U.S. missile defense will be deployed in the Czech Republic, Turkey, Bulgaria and some other NATO members. The Hindu
Moscow has stepped up its rhetoric against the U.S. missile plans for Europe in the run-up to a G8 summit next week in France. The Hindu
Moscow says by 2012, the U.S. would field more than 300 interceptor missiles in Europe. It says it would acquire a credible capability to destroy Russian land- and submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Hindu
The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the plans to deploy U.S. missile defense, claiming that the United States is acting as if the Russian-American reset never happened and that the Russian and U.S. presidents did not recognize the interdependence between offensive and defensive missiles at their meeting in Prague. RIA Novosti
source
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/181054.html
Russian General Andrei Tretyak, head of the Armed Forces General Staff Main Operations Directorate (GOU), confirmed his country's position that the deployment of U.S. missile defense systems poses a real threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent.
The general said the threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent will emerge after 2015, when the United States modifies its SM-3 anti-missiles and brings its seaborne missile defense group to 40 ships with 400 interceptor missiles.
Tretyak put special emphasis on the threat posed by missile defense elements on Polish territory.
Poland's main political forces and the majority of the media were critical of President Barack Obama's decision in September 2009 to cancel the deployment of American interceptors on its territory. RIA Novosti
FACTS & FIGURES
Russia is deeply concerned that after Poland and Romania, elements of U.S. missile defense will be deployed in the Czech Republic, Turkey, Bulgaria and some other NATO members. The Hindu
Moscow has stepped up its rhetoric against the U.S. missile plans for Europe in the run-up to a G8 summit next week in France. The Hindu
Moscow says by 2012, the U.S. would field more than 300 interceptor missiles in Europe. It says it would acquire a credible capability to destroy Russian land- and submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Hindu
The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the plans to deploy U.S. missile defense, claiming that the United States is acting as if the Russian-American reset never happened and that the Russian and U.S. presidents did not recognize the interdependence between offensive and defensive missiles at their meeting in Prague. RIA Novosti
source
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/181054.html