Russia Threatens Pre-emptive, Destructive Force On US Missile Defense

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 4, 2012 @12:51AM from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

suraj.sun sends this quote from an article at the BBC: "Russia says it is prepared to use 'destructive force pre-emptively' if the U.S. goes ahead with controversial plans for a missile defense system based in Central Europe. The warning came after the Russian defense minister said talks on missile defense were nearing a dead end. Moscow fears that missile interceptors would be a threat to Russia's security. But the U.S. and NATO say they are intended to protect against attacks from Iran or North Korea. 'A decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be taken if the situation worsens,' chief of the Russian defense staff Gen Nikolai Makarov said. President Barack Obama ... scrapped plans for a network of bases spread across Poland and the Czech Republic with the capacity to intercept long-range missiles. But in 2010, the U.S. signed an agreement with Poland to use an old airstrip at Redzikowo, near the Baltic coast, as a missile defense base."

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Maybe they're not worried for themselves? by goodmanj · 2012-05-04 02:34 · Score: 1, Offtopic

So yeah, Russia has enough missiles that they can trivially overwhelm any missile defense shield if it comes to all-out global war. And any nuclear war between the US and Russia will be global. So why do they care about this?
Maybe they're trying to provide some muscle for their friends. Russia is on very good terms with Iran, and stands to gain if the US gets entangled in conflicts with other small nuclear nations. So maybe they've got a deal: Iran gives Russia favorable trade deals, Russia waves its military dick around for Iran's benefit.