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Russia 'retains right' to pre-emptive strike on missile shield

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Russia 'retains right' to pre-emptive strike on missile shield

 Russia is ready for a pre-emptive strike on European missile defense systems if the US refuses dialogue, stated Russia’s Chief of General Staff Nikolay Makarov at the Moscow ABM conference.

­“Considering the destabilizing nature of the [American] ABM system, namely the creation of an illusion of inflicting a disarming [nuclear] strike with impunity, a decision on pre-emptive deployment of assault weapons could be taken when the situation gets harder,” Gen. Makarov told the audience.

The NATO delegation present at the conference rushed to disagree with the Russian general, saying that the ABM system would never target Russia..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/russia-pre-emptive-strikes-abm-488/

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