A Russian officer said that it would be very likely that Russia would place surface to surface missile in Kalingrad in response to a battery of US Patriot missiles that is to be deployed in Poland by years end. Vancouver Sun
MOSCOW - Russia could deploy its latest Iskander missiles close to Poland if plans to install U.S. Patriots on Polish soil go ahead, Interfax quoted a senior Russian officer as saying on Thursday.
Polish Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Komorowski told Reuters on Monday Warsaw wanted U.S. Patriot air defence missiles to be deployed this year regardless of whether President Barack Obama decided to press ahead with missile defence plans in Europe.[...]
Russia had proposed as a counter-measure "to deploy the tactical Iskander missile in the Kaliningrad region", which borders NATO member Poland, in response to deployment of the U.S. missile shield, Interfax reported.
"One cannot exclude that the issue of the Iskander will arise again," he added.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged last November to station surface-to-surface Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad if the United States went ahead with its plans.
No comments:
Post a Comment