Sunday, December 16, 2012

US missile defense system in Europe will intercept Russian ICBMs

"The missile defence system that the United States plans to deploy in Europe will be able to intercept Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles, deployed in European Russia.
This came in a statement at a news briefing in Moscow earlier today by the Commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev.
The US claims that the European antimissile system will counter Iran’s missile threat.
But it is only Russia that has ICBMs in Europe. In this context, we understand that the US antimissile system will target Russia, since ICBMs and submarine-based ballistic missiles are the backbone of Russia’s nuclear containment force..."

at http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/9878

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