American officials GAVE the Russian military command 10 days to get rid of the missile ? That can't be right. I don't know much about Russian psychology here, but I'm sure bossing foreign military around is 100% counter-effective. Imagine if Russia GAVE the SAC 10 days to do their bidding ?
The Russians don't tell SAC to do a damn thing, because in case anyone needed any reminders, AMERICA won the Cold War, the Soviets lost it, and *that* is why we refer to them now as 'Russians' instead of 'Soviets'.
The Russians know better than to ever even dare to DREAM again about challenging the United States militarily, let alone on a nuclear basis.
This looks like an attempt by the Russians to get around the START treaty. As such, the US has the right to demand enforcement of the terms of the treaty.
Russia can do the same thing. We had to chop up our old B-52s with a guillotine and leave the carcases in the sun for two weeks so the Russians could verify that the bombers were being destroyed under the terms of the treaty. If we weren't following the terms of the treaty, they would demand compliance just like we do of them.
This may have something to do with one of the various disarmament treaties that are in place between the US and Russia.