Putin threatens to target the US if it deploys missiles in European nations
Source: CNBC
President Vladimir Putin warned of a resolute response if the U.S. decides to station missiles in neighboring countries to Russia.
Putin, at his annual address to parliament on Wednesday, said his country would not seek confrontation and would not take the first step in deploying missiles after the suspension of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
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In early February, the U.S. confirmed it would suspend its participation in the decades-old INF treaty, which bans ground-launched medium-range missiles with a range of 310-3,400 miles. The U.S. administration said it had taken the measure following Russia's refusal to accept that its SSC-8 missile directly contravenes the Cold War-era agreement.
The next day, Putin reacted by also halting his country's obligations to the treaty. Speaking to media that day, Putin said Russia would provide a "mirror like response" to the U.S. by engaging in fresh research and development for nuclear missile technology but would not "get involved in a costly arms race."
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/02/20/putin-threatens-to-target-the-us-if-it-deploys-new-missiles-in-europe.html
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...who owns the punk in the WH.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)Is this when America was great again? Is this what they wanted when we had arms races? Is this Border Wall Emergency just a practice run for when tRump wants to put us all under marshall law due to the "threat" of his master Putin?
gordianot
(15,237 posts)Somebody must think it is possible but who cares about nuclear winter when catastrophic climate change is just around the corner?
Bayard
(22,059 posts)Putin and tRump planned something in those closed door meetings. Putin has told his puppet that this will benefit him in some way.
Eugene
(61,872 posts)Source: Reuters
U.S. dismisses Putin nuclear comments as 'propaganda'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday dismissed comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow would match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia as propaganda designed to divert attention from alleged Russian violations of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
President Putins remarks are a continuation of Russias propaganda effort to avoid responsibility for Russias actions in violation of the INF Treaty, said a U.S. State Department spokeswoman on condition of anonymity. The United States on Feb. 1 said it will withdraw from the INF in six months unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the 1987 arms control pact.
Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-usa-response/u-s-dismisses-putin-nuclear-comments-as-propaganda-idUSKCN1Q92DQ
pwb
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