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Russia 'stops missile deployment in Europe because of Obama'

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Russia held out an olive branch to President Barack Obama today by suspending plans to deploy missiles in Europe, according to a report in Moscow.

An official from Russia's General Staff in Moscow told Interfax news that the move had been made because the new United States leadership was reconsidering plans to establish a missile defence shield in eastern Europe.

Deployment of Iskander short-range missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads, was being suspended in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in response, the unidentified official said.

The news emerged ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's appearance later today at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Mr Putin said on Monday that he was "cautiously optimistic" about the potential for improved relations with the US because the Obama Administration had shown a willingness to reconsider the missile shield.


The former Bush administration ignored Russian objections to its plan to install 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.

It said that the shield was to counter threats from rogue states such as Iran and was not directed against Moscow. The US signed agreements with the Czech and Polish governments last year to permit deployment of the shield.

Russia insisted, however, that the system posed a threat to its own security and repeatedly warned that it would take counter measures unless the US backed down.

Great news, who knew the way to stop Russia was so simple?
 
Great news, who knew the way to stop Russia was so simple?
Ah yes, by not protecting ourselves from rogue states such as Iran. I guess when you are passive, this would make sense in some ****ed up sort of way. :roll:
 
:lol: at you buying Russia's propaganda and thinking they are "stopped"...... :lol:

I'm sure the people in eastern Europe are relieved they will no longer have missiles next door for the only purpose of targeting their US radar and interceptors.
 
Great news, who knew the way to stop Russia was so simple?

This isn't stopping Russia, this is Russia laughing at us and watching us fall over ourselves to appease them.
 
I'm sure the people in eastern Europe are relieved they will no longer have missiles next door for the only purpose of targeting their US radar and interceptors.




Do you think this is why they stopped, or do you think it has to do with oil going from 150 to 30 a barrel and they cant afford it anymore? :lol:
 
Do you think this is why they stopped, or do you think it has to do with oil going from 150 to 30 a barrel and they cant afford it anymore? :lol:

Yeah that's probably a big factor. Putin's struggling to not look like a fool as the Russian economy fails. If it doesn't get better in a short period of time I fully expect Russia to start talking hard with someone else, maybe even BO.
 
Yeah that's probably a big factor. Putin's struggling to not look like a fool as the Russian economy fails. If it doesn't get better in a short period of time I fully expect Russia to start talking hard with someone else, maybe even BO.

Or start another war (Ukraine?) to distract the people from the real problems in the country.
 
Or start another war (Ukraine?) to distract the people from the real problems in the country.

That is what the right wing usually does in times of crisis :roll:
 
What does the "right wing" have to do with the actions of Russian dictators?
When you see a stupid comment like that and it really leaps out at you due to its puerile nature? That my friend is what we call a PeteEUism.:shock:
 
That is what the right wing usually does in times of crisis :roll:

Yeah, when that damned Bill Clinton, right winger extrodinarie started bombing all over the place to distract from the Monica scandal....

Oh wait...
 
For a start nobody is sure Iran can make a nuclear bomb. Besides that Iran has no solid ICBM program capable of hitting the US yet. They've fired into space once but they still have resounding issues.

Besides that - this is a good thing. The less tension the better.
 
For a start nobody is sure Iran can make a nuclear bomb. Besides that Iran has no solid ICBM program capable of hitting the US yet. They've fired into space once but they still have resounding issues.

Besides that - this is a good thing. The less tension the better.

Iran can hit Israel, and Israel HAS the ability to respond.

Iran can hit Turkey, we have a base in Turkey...


People are under this misguided belief that a bomb is hard to build.. it's not.

40lbs of U-235 and you can make a working atomic weapon with a yield between 10-20KT. Making a 2 stage Fission/Fusion weapon is harder, but it's mostly straight forward physics.
 
I don't know, it seems to be quite hard for Iran to do it.

Oh, and Pakistan CAN hit Turkey and Israel; they have confirmed nuclear abilities. Not speculated. Are you afraid of Pakistan? I mean, Pakistan is a haven for the mujahideen and full of madrasah's; there's a distinct and plausible possibility the mujahideen could get some of his technology. Are you worried about that? Your logic is flawed. The US Embassy in Yemen is attacked a lot - are you going to invade Yemen? The argument the US uses to the nuclear problem is the possibility of developing ICBM technology capable of carrying a nuke to the US. It's why the shield was made...apparently.
 
Great news, who knew the way to stop Russia was so simple?

I'm not surprised by this development. When a nation indicates a willingness to accommodate another's critical interests, the result can be positive.

Given Russia's insecurity that has been nurtured by its tragic history, Russia was unwilling to accept assurances that the NATO missile defense system was not aimed against it. As far as Russia's policymakers were concerned, the present system posed no threat to Russia's nuclear arsenal, but might have done so in the future. Then, technological advances could change the system's capabilities. Therefore, Russia had committed itself to opposing a system that it felt was not justified by current threats and that it believed could pose an eventual danger to its own national security.

As a way out, it offered a compromise whereby the system's radar could be constructed in Azerbaijan. That compromise could still offer a basis for negotiations. Ultimately, the two parties will need to accommodate one another's critical interests if there is to be an agreement. President Obama took a big step in that direction in suggesting that the U.S. could reconsider the system in its current arrangement. Russia reciprocated.

That's a good start for taking the U.S.-Russia relationship off a colision course. Much work, some of which will be difficult, remains to be done to narrow the differences that were permitted to grow in recent years.
 
Maybe not:

VOA News - Russia Denies Missile Suspension

Russian Defense Ministry officials are denying Russian news reports of a suspension of plans to deploy missiles in the country's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad.

The officials called the reports "premature. " They said Russia has not taken any practical steps to deploy the short-range Iskander missiles and therefore one can not speak of a suspension.

shiznit770 said:
I'm sure the people in eastern Europe are relieved they will no longer have missiles next door for the only purpose of targeting their US radar and interceptors.

Yea, the people in Eastern Europe were just FURIOUS over our plans:

Poland, U.S. sign missile shield deal - CNN.com

U.S.-Czech missile deal raises Russian ire - CNN.com
 
When you see a stupid comment like that and it really leaps out at you due to its puerile nature? That my friend is what we call a PeteEUism.:shock:

Wow, you and I have agreed on something. :shock:
 
I'm not surprised by this development. When a nation indicates a willingness to accommodate another's critical interests, the result can be positive.

Given Russia's insecurity that has been nurtured by its tragic history, Russia was unwilling to accept assurances that the NATO missile defense system was not aimed against it. As far as Russia's policymakers were concerned, the present system posed no threat to Russia's nuclear arsenal, but might have done so in the future. Then, technological advances could change the system's capabilities. Therefore, Russia had committed itself to opposing a system that it felt was not justified by current threats and that it believed could pose an eventual danger to its own national security.

As a way out, it offered a compromise whereby the system's radar could be constructed in Azerbaijan. That compromise could still offer a basis for negotiations. Ultimately, the two parties will need to accommodate one another's critical interests if there is to be an agreement. President Obama took a big step in that direction in suggesting that the U.S. could reconsider the system in its current arrangement. Russia reciprocated.

That's a good start for taking the U.S.-Russia relationship off a colision course. Much work, some of which will be difficult, remains to be done to narrow the differences that were permitted to grow in recent years.

don, Obama never took step in that direction. he rather appointed Clinton who demnstrated to be very anti-Putin and anti- Russian. As Russia stands against ideas of the spreading of the Western demoacracy it is dificult to expect reasonable attitude towards it from the spreaders.

Many of the posters above cannot read the basic text:

“Deployment of Iskander short-range missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads, was being suspended”

It was being suspended, it was not stopped (NOT EVEN MENTIONING THAT IT NEVER STARTED)

It is not ever news. Russia has been telling from the beginning, - IF you deploy a dozen of 10 interceptor missiles which cannot be a tread to Russia, we deploy a dozen of Iskanders which cannot be a tread to the West. You don’t use interceptor missiles against Russia, Russia does not use Iskanders.

You deploy 10 more systems, Russia deploys ten more.

20 more

20 more

and so on

until the systems start shooting.

As well you may choose not to deploy the first dozen. Russia will not deploy Iskanders. No systems waiting to start shooting, no shooting.

The idea of overspending Russia in the time of spending trillions of stimulus package may come only to people with short sided vision of RevH0d.
 
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Wow, you and I have agreed on something. :shock:
Oh I’ve agreed with comments of your before too, in fact I’ve thanked you several times too. As often as we post here, it was bound to happen sooner or later.:2razz:
 
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