Russia to move rockets to EU border if Poland hosts US missile shield

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 06 Aug 2008 | Adrian Blomfield

[lizol]

Russia to move rockets to EU border if Poland hosts US missile shield

Russia threatened to deploy bombers and short-range missiles on the Polish border if Warsaw agrees to host elements of a US missile defence shield on its territory.

By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Last Updated: 6:41PM BST 06 Aug 2008

The warning marks a further escalation in the diplomatic crisis between Russia and the United States. Russian military hardware has not been stationed on the border of what is now the European Union since the Cold War.

Russia's ambassador to Minsk, Alexander Surikov, said that bombers and short-range quasiballistic missiles would be stationed in the west of Belarus, Moscow's most important ex-Soviet ally, once Poland and the United States agree terms.

"When Poland signs the agreement with the American side about hosting elements of the missile defence system, then we can discuss some additional aspects of military-technical cooperation with Belarus," he said.

"We could be talking about the possible basing of Iskander missiles." There was some relief that the ambassador ruled out stationing nuclear missiles in the country.

[lizol]

And at the same time the U.S govermnet is wondering - why those stubborn Poles demand us to move some Patriot missiles from Germany to Poland in exchange for hosting the missile defence shield on their territory (sarcasm).

[yldstrk]

ooooooooooooooooh scary

[philled]

Where’s the EU border? I’m familiar with Poland, France, Germany, Spain, and sometimes I can even point to Whales on a map. Maybe the border is something that is defined in the EU constitution...

[philled]

I’m especially good at pointing to the whales if they are drawn spouting water and in the middle of a blue area. Finding Wales is sometimes more difficult.

[ETL]

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

excerpt...

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."

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Obama Promises to Dismantle Our Armed Forces
by Robert Maginnis
Posted 04/10/2008 ET

(Mr. Maginnis is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, a national security and foreign affairs analyst for radio and television and a senior strategist with the U.S. Army)

YouTube has an undated 52-second clip of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barrack Obama outlining his plans for America’s national defense. Obama’s presentation demonstrates either total naivete about important national security programs or he is just pandering for votes among the extreme left.
[Maginnis does an excellent must-read analysis of Obama's suicidal defense proposals-ETL]
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=25942

Note: Here is the *original* youtube video from the Obama camp itself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE

Human Events refers to this poor quality copy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs

[lizol]

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[jjw]

Guess we can take out their air force with artillery, could be some cost savings here. And aren’t those missiles supposed to be easier targets in the launch phase anyways?

[Kozik]

Ping

[Just another Joe]

uhhhhhhhhh, why the ping to me?

[Camel Joe]

Excellent point...

[Kozik]

We had some discussion regarding financial help from US for Polish army lately and I thought it is somehow connected.

But generally I agree with your arguments.

[Just another Joe]

Ahhhh, OK.

I'm glad someone generally agrees with me on anything.