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teleSUR
February 20, 2019 "Information
Clearing House"
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his
annual presidential address to the
legislature Wednesday, criticized the United
States for ignoring the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty by deploying
missile launchers in Romania and Poland.
"First it started developing and using
intermediate-range missiles it deceitfully
called targets for missile defenses. Then it
began to deploy the Mk-41 launchers in
Europe, capable of using intermediate range
cruise missiles Tomahawk for combat
purposes," he said.
"By doing all this the United States
blatantly ignored the provisions contained
in articles 4 and 6 of the INF Treaty."
Russia will respond to any U.S. deployment
of short or intermediate-range nuclear
weapons in Europe by targeting not only the
countries where they are stationed but the
United States itself, Putin warned.
He also said that the U.S. should calculate
the flight range and velocity of Russian
weapons before taking steps that can pose a
threat to Russia.
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"This is certainly their right to think this
way. But can they make the calculations?
Undoubtedly they can," Putin said. "So let
them calculate the range and speed of our
advanced weapon systems."
"This is the only thing we ask to do — make
the calculations first before passing
decisions that may pose additional serious
threats to our country and will certainly
entail Russia’s counter-measures," Putin
said.
However, the president said that Russia was
not seeking confrontation and would not take
the first step to deploy missiles in
response to Washington’s decision this month
to quit a landmark Cold War-era arms control
treaty.
"We are not interested in confrontation and
do not want it, moreover with such a global
power as the United States," he said.
"However, it seems that our partners take no
notice how rapidly the world is changing and
where it is heading. They carry on with
their destructive and obviously erroneous
policy."
But in case of a threat, “Russia will be
forced to create and deploy types of weapons
which can be used not only in respect of
those territories from which the direct
threat to us originates but also in respect
of those territories where the centers of
decision-making are located,” the president
said.
Alleging Russian violations, Washington said
this month it was suspending its obligations
under the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear
Forces Treaty (INF) and starting the process
of quitting it, untying their hands to
develop new missiles.
The pact banned either side from stationing
short and intermediate-range, land-based
missiles in Europe and its demise raises the
prospect of a new arms race between
Washington and Moscow.
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