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Russia denounces Trump’s plan for Iron Dome missile defence system
Times UK ^ | 1/31/2025 | Tom Parfitt

Posted on 02/01/2025 8:42:31 AM PST by marcusmaximus

The Kremlin has accused President Trump of attempting to erode Russia and China’s nuclear potential with his plan for an Iron Dome missile defence system.

The programme was “yet another confirmation of the US focus on turning space into a scene of armed confrontation and deployment of weapons”, Maria Zakharova, the chief spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry, said.

Trump issued an executive order on Monday mandating a process to develop an “Iron Dome for America”, a reference to the aerial defence shield used by Israel.

Zakharova said that this implied “a sharp intensification of the US national missile defence project and its expansion to a scale comparable to Star Wars, [the former US president Ronald] Reagan’s strategic defence initiative”.

The project would “by no means contribute to reducing tensions or improving the state of affairs in the strategic sphere, including the creation of a basis for a fruitful dialogue on strategic offensive arms,” she added.

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To: tennmountainman

Tell your Putin that President Trump will get his Iron Dome and there’s nothing he can do about it.


21 posted on 02/01/2025 9:27:20 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

China will take Putin out when they feel they can safely begin the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”. To include Siberia.


22 posted on 02/01/2025 9:30:09 AM PST by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Tell your Dictator Zelensky his 15 minutes of fame are just about up.


23 posted on 02/01/2025 9:34:02 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: wbarmy

That’s another reason President Trump needs to take back the Panama Canal as soon as possible. China has greater ambitions than just absorbing the Russian Federation.


24 posted on 02/01/2025 9:34:49 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus; JonPreston
Tell your Putin to get on the Trump train.

Tell your mom to tell you to stop leavink your Special Maria Zakharova Sock on the computer desk.


25 posted on 02/01/2025 9:35:22 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus
Tell your Putin that President Trump will get his Iron Dome and there’s nothing he can do about it.

Tell your mom that she looks like Maria Zakharova and that she can watch next time.


26 posted on 02/01/2025 9:38:11 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus

Pooty: “ Donald, you must understand that you must continue to be a vulnerable targetski, its not fair to use your Space Farski to position intercept veponinskis in space !”


27 posted on 02/01/2025 9:40:23 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

LOL!


28 posted on 02/01/2025 9:45:05 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: JonPreston

I think what really worries PUTIN is not the plan itself, but rather that the Neocons, should they get power again, will delude themselves into thinking that our Iron Dome could absorb a large Russian salvo, much as they apparently thought our “wonder weapons” and “sanctions” would destroy Russia’s military and economy.

The problem is here is that not as easy to walk away from a miscalculation when it causes our own cities to be destroyed.


29 posted on 02/01/2025 10:03:31 AM PST by BobL
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To: Kahuna

“Instant flashback to when Reagan wanted “Starwars”.”

Big difference, though. During the Cold War, the same Democrats who now demand WW3 literally wanted the Soviets to win. But back then, neither party wanted WW3, so the Soviets weren’t nearly as worried as they would be if the Neocons returned to power.

The bottom line is that, until the Democrats do a WHOLESALE PURGE of their leadership, they simply cannot be trusted with new ‘toys’.


30 posted on 02/01/2025 10:08:06 AM PST by BobL
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To: buwaya

Hush foreign lawn jockey.


31 posted on 02/01/2025 11:35:35 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: kiryandil

LOL!!


32 posted on 02/01/2025 11:36:05 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus
I read over by Democratic Underground that with Trump in the White House we are now a Russian "colonial dependency".

Maybe no so much. { snicker }

33 posted on 02/01/2025 12:56:44 PM PST by Salman (In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven.)
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To: JonPreston

Its Bilbao Day!
Well, for us, back from Madrid, every day is Bilbao day.

The Pinxos here are all in the “Plaza Nueva”, about 15 min walk from our flat. As in everything Spanish, “Nueva” is relative, in this case it dates from @1820. This is barely a taste of whats around in Bilbao however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFnEAG5pi0Y


34 posted on 02/01/2025 2:56:36 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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35 posted on 02/01/2025 4:20:09 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Good morning!

Since its Bilbao day, something to wake up to -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYc5tQ85Ps8


36 posted on 02/01/2025 10:23:00 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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