Russia tonight threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer. The threat followed quickly on from the announcement that Condoleezza Rice signed a formal agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the controversial project. Moscow argues that the missile shield would severely undermine the balance of European security and regards the proposed missile shield based in two former Communist countries as a hostile move. "We will be forced to react not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Russia tonight threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer.
The threat followed quickly on from the announcement that Condoleezza Rice signed a formal agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the controversial project.
Moscow argues that the missile shield would severely undermine the balance of European security and regards the proposed missile shield based in two former Communist countries as a hostile move.
"We will be forced to react not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
although I think the russians might be better served by letting them get on with it, even encouraging the missiles elsewhere. After all, it's all American treasure being wasted pointlessly and that has to be a positive from their point of view. keep to the Fen Causeway
It would be much wiser to let the US break itself and quietly chuckle from the side keep to the Fen Causeway
That's the neocon interpretation. But I agree, armament races are so adolescent and wasteful. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Presumbaly someone in the Pentagon still thinks Russia could be planning a first strike. But if so, there doesn't seem to be any evidence at all for that view.
