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Putin threatens to target US if it deploys missiles in nearby European countries
Russian MIRV'd ICBM in underground silo.
Three points.....
1) Russia has been in INF Treaty material breach since 2008 and still refuses to scrap its SSC-8 Novatar cruise missile that violates INF distance parameters.
2) The US has neither stated nor even hinted that it intends to move missiles into Europe.
3) Despite Putin's theatrics, Moscow has never stopped targeting US/European cities with MIRV'd (multiple) nuclear warheads on silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and mobile launch vehicles.
Russian MIRV'd ICBM in underground silo.
2/20/19
President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday of a resolute response if the U.S. decides to station missiles in countries neighboring Russia. Putin, in his annual address to parliament, 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 Treaty. However, he said Russia would respond to any deployment of new intermediate-range missiles in Europe by targeting the United States itself and not just the countries where they are deployed, according to a Reuters translation. He said he would field new weapons that would target U.S. decision-making centers. He warned U.S. policymakers, some of whom he said were obsessed with U.S. exceptionalism, about being careful before taking new measures. "It's their right to think how they want. But can they count? I'm sure they can. Let them count the speed and the range of the weapons systems we are developing," Putin said to applause, according to Reuters.
Three points.....
1) Russia has been in INF Treaty material breach since 2008 and still refuses to scrap its SSC-8 Novatar cruise missile that violates INF distance parameters.
2) The US has neither stated nor even hinted that it intends to move missiles into Europe.
3) Despite Putin's theatrics, Moscow has never stopped targeting US/European cities with MIRV'd (multiple) nuclear warheads on silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and mobile launch vehicles.