Poland Says Worried Over Russian Missile Deployment

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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is worried about the possibility Russia has deployed Iskander missiles in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, and will consult with its NATO partners on the issue, the foreign ministry in Warsaw said on Monday.

"The plans to deploy new Iskander-M rockets in Kaliningrad are worrying," the ministry said in a statement, commenting on reports in Russian and German media that the missiles had been deployed.

It said it had received no official information from Russia on the deployment, and was checking the media reports. It said it expected consultations on the issue among NATO and European Union partners, and an eventual response.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/poland-says-worried-over-russian-missile-deployment-151709896--business.html

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1. And the moral is

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don't agree to having a US missile site 30 minutes drive from the Russian border on the pretext of the off chance of Iran firing a warhead in that direction..

Mugs.

More here : Kaliningrad : European fears over Russian missiles http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25407284

That the missiles are capable of carrying nuclear warheads doesn't mean they armed so. I guess the missile carriers are about 15 miles away from the site in Poland.

From the past :

Nato's missile defence shield 'up and running'

At its summit in Chicago this weekend, Nato is set to announce its new ballistic missile defence system has reached what it calls "interim operational capability".

This means that the first phase of the controversial scheme to defend Nato territory against ballistic missile attack will be operational.

But Nato's plans have many critics.

Some wonder if the system will work - and question whether there really is a missile threat to Nato territory at all.

Others fear it will poison relations between Russia and the West, delivering little real strategic benefit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18093664