The Ministry of Defense announced the development of means of neutralizing elements of the American global missile defense system
The Russian Defense Ministry is developing means to neutralize the threat of the US global missile defense (ABM) system. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
The Russian military department noted that elements of the American missile defense system are deployed in Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, Russia has repeatedly warned the United States about the inadmissibility of deploying elements of the system near Russian borders.
Since the United States has already deployed elements in Romania and Poland, and is also ready to create medium-range missiles for ground-based installations, Moscow sees this as a threat to Russian territory. In this regard, Russia is developing means to neutralize the American threat. Which ones, Gerasimov did not explain.
Earlier, the Kremlin warned the White House that in the event of a threat, Russia would deploy ground-based installations of intermediate and shorter-range missiles on its territory. The corresponding order on the development of these complexes was given by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to the US withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).
Nevertheless, on the eve it became known about the beginning of the deployment of weapons, in particular the SM-3 anti-aircraft guided missiles, at the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Redzikovo, Poland. At the same time, it was found that universal launchers for missiles can be used to launch cruise missiles.
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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