Moscow pushes for guarantee U.S. missile shield not targeting Russia

[Lankan Ranger]

Moscow pushes for guarantee U.S. missile shield not targeting Russia

Moscow urgently wants to receive legal guarantees from the United States that its European missile defense shield will not target Russia's strategic nuclear forces, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day the United States reached an agreement with Romania to establish an interceptor facility at a former air base in the south of the Balkan country for a future defense shield, the first such deployment in Europe.

Russia is keeping a sharp eye on the deployment of elements of the U.S. missile defense system in Romania, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"In this situation the necessity of legal guarantees from the United States that [its] missile defense system... will not be aimed against Russia's strategic nuclear forces becomes even more crucial," the statement said.

"This issue should be resolved swiftly. Moreover, we are sure that it is necessary...to proceed to the coordination of the concept and the architecture of the European missile defense system as soon as possible," the statement said.

"We regretfully say that practical steps to create the European segment of the global missile defense shield of the United States are being taken with no regard to Russian-U.S. dialogue on the anti-missile issue started under the initiative of presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, as well as to the work under the Russia-NATO Council's Lisbon Summit aimed to draft a European missile defense system," the Russian document said.

Moscow pushes for guarantee U.S. missile shield not targeting Russia | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[pmukherjee]

This is really silly. A western anti missile shield over Eastern Europe.How can it be not aimed against Russia? An anti missile shield destroys ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in the air before they impact. Why on earth should Iran fire ballistic missiles aimed at Romania? or Poland ? or Hungary? Surely not to terrorise the Roma gypsys!!! The only ballistic missiles coming within range of the interceptor missiles based in Romania will be either from Europe heading eastwards or from Russia heading westwards. So which ones will they shoot down?

 

[illuzioN]

Russia is slowly but surely becoming western....

dont worry about them

 

[illuzioN]

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[Gold1010]

This is really silly. A western anti missile shield over Eastern Europe.How can it be not aimed against Russia? An anti missile shield destroys ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in the air before they impact. Why on earth should Iran fire ballistic missiles aimed at Romania? or Poland ? or Hungary? Surely not to terrorise the Roma gypsys!!! The only ballistic missiles coming within range of the interceptor missiles based in Romania will be either from Europe heading eastwards or from Russia heading westwards. So which ones will they shoot down?

Its aimed at to protect the whole of europe not just those countries.

your right though maybe greece would of been a better option.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

HAHAHAHAAHA RUSSIA A US ALLY HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Obambam]

HAHAHAHAAHA RUSSIA A US ALLY HAHAHAHAHA

I don't see that happening unless they take down the RT news

 

[HROBOS]

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Europe is too weak. The owners of NATO - the United States. Russia will never adjust to the U.S.. The Byzantine Empire went on to agree with the West. The result was very sad. From Russia this step, you will not wait.