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Russia Issues New Missile Threat
« on: July 05, 2007, 06:11:07 AM »
source: BBC NEWS

Russia has raised the idea of moving new missile forces to Kaliningrad, close to Poland and Lithuania.

First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov linked the possible move to US plans for a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Russia has already threatened to hit back by targeting missiles at Europe.

Mr Ivanov said there would be no need to move extra forces to Kaliningrad if the US agreed to use Russian facilities instead of the Polish and Czech bases.

Russia says the US plans for a limited missile defence shield, including bases close to Russia's borders, represent a threat to its security.

It has proposed that the US should use a radar facility in Azerbaijan, and another installation currently being built in southern Russia.

US President George W Bush has described the idea as "innovative" but indicated that the US will press ahead with the plans for a radar station in the Czech Republic, and a missile base in Poland.

The US says its missile shield is not directed at Russia, but at what it considers "rogue states" such as Iran.

'Effective response'

"If our proposals are accepted, the need will disappear for Russia to deploy new missile weaponry in the European part of the country, including in Kaliningrad Region," Mr Ivanov said, on a visit to Uzbekistan.

Click here for a map of US missile defence bases

"After this, you will forget about the term 'Cold War'. It will simply disappear. There simply won't be cause for speaking of it," he added.

"If our proposals are not accepted - and I cannot rule that out... an asymmetrical and effective response has been found."

Mr Ivanov is a former defence minister, and his current brief includes overall control of the defence sector. He is also seen as a possible successor to President Putin.

'Empty threat'

   
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Correspondents say Mr Ivanov's comments indicate that US hopes of toning down Russia's Cold War-style rhetoric by hosting a relaxed weekend meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Mr Bush in Maine have not borne fruit.

Russian defence analyst Pavel Felgenhauer described Mr Ivanov's comments as an "empty threat".

Russia had no missiles with the right range to be fired from Kaliningrad and hit the proposed interceptors in Poland, he said.

"It's a threat aimed at the Polish people" designed to encourage them to protest against the US plans, Mr Felgenhauer said.

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Re: Russia Issues New Missile Threat
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2007, 08:53:12 AM »
empty threat? i highly doubt it. we should remember that putin is a very clever man and russia is already an economic power on its own. no one should ever take russia at its face value. i think the member of the G8 and the security council should play their cards rightly in dealing with russia. economic and political sanctions should be weighed because a rouge russia can do more harm than good knowing that they have nuclear capabilities and dealings with aggressive states.
russia has more than just missile clout to use just so the kremlin would get what it wants. it has oil and gas reserves which it could use as leverage on the negotiation table and sometimes, even off the table. look what it did to ukraine?  to poland? everyone knows that russia helped iran in countless wars against other states.

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Re: Russia Issues New Missile Threat
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2007, 10:18:15 AM »
I totally agree with you Riva; especially with Russia's meddling with Ukrainian politics--involving Yuschenko and the Kremlin's subvertive anti-Orange Revolution policies. As an American, I support the US planned missile shield in central-eastern Europe--as a means to reinforce American interests in the region and check Russia's 'activities'.

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