Posted on 02/01/2007 9:00:33 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Putin vows to rebuff US missile shield plans
VINAY SHUKLA, MOSCOW, FEB 1 (PTI)
Russian President Vladimir Putin today promised an asymmetrical, but highly effective response to American plans to deploy US missile shield in former Warsaw Pact countries and Ukraine.
"Our military budget is 25 times less than that of the USA, but we will give an asymmetrical and highly effective response," Putin said at a Kremlin news conference responding to question about the US offer of deploying elements of National Missile Defence (NMD) in Czech Republic and Poland and cooperation with Ukraine.
Putin underscored that Russian experts see the US plans as a threat to Moscow, although they are being projected as an anti-terror measure and to counter strikes by Iran and North Korea.
"Our new generation hypersonic missiles are highly manoeuvrable; they continuously change their altitude and flight path before hitting their target. Projected US NMD is useless before them," Putin said at his over three-and half hour long annual news conference, sixth since he came to power in 2000.
On the issue of Iran's nuclear programme, Putin said that Tehran should ally international suspicions through close interaction with the UN nuclear watchdog.
"They should move to allay any international suspicions concerning Tehran's alleged plans to develop nuclear weapons," Putin said.
Putin underscored that he expects Iran to restore its relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to end any suspicions about its nuclear programme.
YEAH that works for me ROFL
Vladie seems to have a knot in his tail.
I don't want what he's smoking.
And the world give a crap meter moved not an inch.
This paper describes the missile shield as a defense against a limited Russian ICBM salvo following a first strike by the U.S. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301faessay85204/keir-a-lieber-daryl-g-press/the-rise-of-u-s-nuclear-primacy.html
But.....but........I thought Putin was our friend. I thought his soul was pure. LOL
Now, imagine for a moment the uproar that would occur if ussia was building a missile shield to protect themselves from iran and President Bush said, "Well, I'm going to make sure we build a missile designed just to get around that, so we can still nuke Russian cities any time we want."
As pure as 100% polonium.:-)
Putin is just going native for domestic consumption. It is all jive.
In a Bloomberg report, Putin is said to mention asymmetric response. I am not so sure it is all jive. Military would certainly worry about it.
Yep.....just about THAT pure. LOL :o)
What is the CFR smoking??? Russia has many more nukes than the US, and has its own missile defense system.
CFR smoke some powrful stuff, who only allows them to see what pleases them projected against exhaled smoke.:-)
Asymmetrical response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzXI-mlJjs
Ever heard of the Scalar Inferometer Beam Weapon as alluded to by DefSec Cohen in the 1990s?
Ping.
Not wax and polish first?
As if getting bankrupted by the U.S. wasn't enough the first time around.
And for the benefit of those that didn't followed what's going on in Russia. The state's control of strategic resources and using them as political leverage is part of Putin's doctrine.==
It is not true. Accually Russian goverment just stopped the rotten practice to give the discounts to those trasit countries. The transit countries objected and THEY not Russia stopped throu put to Poland and EU. Anyways today Putin compelled those countries pay the full price.
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