Russia: Countries That Host U.S. Missile Shield Will Be Targets

Enoch · Feb 19, 2007

MOSCOW — Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host elements of the proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday in the latest in a series of increasingly bellicose statements from Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin has said he does not trust U.S. claims that it wants to deploy missile defense components in Europe to counter threats from Iran, and warned that Russia could take retaliatory action.

Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, head of Russia's missile forces, said the U.S. move would upset strategic stability.

"If the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic take such a step ... the Strategic Missile Forces will be capable of targeting these facilities if a relevant decision is made," he said.

The United States said last month that it wants to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe to protect the eastern United States and Europe from missiles launched from "rogue nations" in the Middle East. It would be the first such site in Europe.

The Czech government reiterated Monday that the U.S. defense system was not aimed at Russia.

"It is a passive defense against a different threat about which Russia has been informed in detail," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement from Prague. "It is nonsense from a military point of view that Russia could pull out of the treaty banning medium-range missiles and build additional military capabilities as a response to the U.S. missile defense."
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Magnetic Poles · Feb 19, 2007

Where's my peace dividend?

Seriously, I think we could be headed toward a new cold war. Instead of asserting American predominance over other nations, we need to be forging friendships and allies. We seem to have precious few left.

El_Guero · Feb 19, 2007

We do need friends that want peace . . .

. . . but, the other countries that are talking about peace are building nuclear programs - or threatening war.

It doesn't look good for our team.

Magnetic Poles said:

Where's my peace dividend?

Seriously, I think we could be headed toward a new cold war. Instead of asserting American predominance over other nations, we need to be forging friendships and allies. We seem to have precious few left.
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