Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield.
President Dmitry Medvedev said last year that Russia will retaliate militarily if it does not reach an agreement with the United States and NATO on the missile defense system.
Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov went even further Thursday. "A decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be taken if the situation worsens," he said at an international conference attended by senior U.S. and NATO officials.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov also warned on Thursday that talks between Moscow and Washington on the topic are "close to a dead end."
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By Mansur Mirovalev
Cold War heating up?
Oh, and US-China relations are deteriorating, too.
Would a US-Iran confrontation bring Russia and China on the side of Iran?
Bet on military Keynesianism and much bigger defense budget.
but then there is this:
ReplyDeletehttp://rt.com/news/russian-american-airborne-drill-923/
so looks like we have Keynesian military expenditures in war or peace.
Resp,
Right.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time in history, Russian and American airborne forces will hold joint drills in the US. The anti-terror exercises scheduled for May 2012 will get off to a flying start with a tactical landing operation and “terrorist” camp raid.
“This is the first time such an event is being held,” Russian Airborne Forces spokesperson Col. Aleksandr Kucherenko stressed, announcing the plan. “The Russian airborne will contribute a special task group that will exercise with US special service weapons.”
Notice, "war on terrorism, and "US special service weapons."