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Topic: Ballistic missiles in E. Europe threaten Russia - chief of staff
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BetterRed
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posted 24 May 2006 12:51 PM
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Ballistic missiles in E. Europe threaten Russia - chief of staff 17:04 | 24/ 05/ 2006 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The deployment of ballistic missiles in eastern Europe poses a threat to Russia, the chief of the country's General Staff said Wednesday. General Yury Baluyevsky said U.S. plans to deploy ballistic missiles in eastern Europe, possibly in Poland and Romania, as part of its missile shield presented a certain danger to Russia. "The very fact of the deployment of the first-line missile defenses in this region is unequivocally intended to neutralize Russia's strategic potential," he said. Baluyevsky said Russia did not need a new round of the arms race, adding that President Vladimir Putin had also addressed this issue in his May 10 state of the nation address. "In the next five years, we must significantly increase the procurement of modern aircraft, submarines and strategic missiles for the Armed Forces," Putin said. He said current research was focused on the development of unique high-precision weapons and warheads "whose trajectory could not be predicted by a potential enemy." The new weaponry will allow the country to maintain the strategic balance of forces in the world, Putin said.
RIA: Russian general protests US missiles Looks like Cuban Missile Crisis, except Americans are the ones creeping up with their missiles. US missiles just a few hundred kilometres from St.Petersburg. Still, Russians will show teeth in a different theatre. I.e - read this thread: US losing Central Asia
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