DC's missile defense system is the biggest obstacle to bilateral talks aimed ae reducing nuclear arsenals! - And The Race Is On
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:20:53 GMT
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Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, meets
journalists during his visit to automobile plant Sollers,
December 29, 2009, in Vladivostok.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that
Moscow would pursue plans for new weapons to counter the US
missile defense system.
The premier told reporters in the southeastern city of
Vladivostok that Washington's bids for a missile defense
system are the biggest obstacle in bilateral talks aimed at
reaching a new deal to reduce nuclear arsenals produced
during the Cold War rush.
While both sides have been optimistic that a successor to
the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) would
soon be penned, but the new comments betray more serious
problems facing the deal, already delayed when the two
nuclear powers failed to agree on a new outline by the
treaty's expiring date, December 5.
Subsequently, START I was extended until a new draft was
mutually agreed on.
"What is the problem? The problem is that our American
partners are building an anti-missile shield and we are not
building one."
Russia's strong objections to a US missile shield in Eastern
Europe as well as questions over the system's efficiency,
prompted US President Barack Obama to scrap the plans
introduced under former President George W. Bush.
The decision was also in line with Washington's efforts to
mend relations with Moscow, which plummeted to a Cold War-
era low during the Bush administration.
The new plans envision US navy ships equipped with anti-
missile weapons forming a front line of defense in the
eastern Mediterranean. The plans include land-based missile
interceptors placed on shore in Europe.
Moscow, however, insists it continues to view a US missile
shield in any form as a ploy to undermine its security,
forcing it to take action with developing new weapons.
Putin went on to add that White House policymakers would
feel too comfortable behind the missile "umbrella" and could
proceed to do as they pleased.
"If we are not developing an anti-missile shield, then there
is a danger that our partners, by creating such 'an
umbrella', will feel completely secure and thus can allow
themselves to do what they want, disrupting the balance, and
aggressiveness will rise immediately," he stressed.
Putin also offered to share details about Russia's deployed
nuclear offensive missiles, in return for more information
about the US plans.
"The problems of anti-missile defense and offensive weapons
are very tightly linked to each other," he said, adding that
talks on a new treaty were moving in a generally positive
direction.
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