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Nuclear Threats against Poland over Missile Defense
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia warns Poland that it may become a priority target for Russia in the event the USA deploys elements of its missile defense system on the territory of this East European nation. To put it in a nutshell, Russia may strike a nuclear blow on Poland, which is possible after the recent change of the Russian Federation defense doctrine. "The USA is busy with its own missile defense system; it does not intend to defend Poland at this point. Poland lays itself open to attack giving the USA a permission to deploy the system. The country may become an object of Russia's reaction. Such targets are destroyed in the first instance," Anatoly Nogovitsin, Russia's Deputy Chief of Staff said commenting the recent agreement regarding the deployment of the US missile defense system in Poland. Nogovitsin stated that Russia may use nuclear weapons in cases as stipulated by the defense doctrine. "It clearly states that we can use nuclear weapons against the countries possessing nuclear weapons, against allies of such countries, if they somehow support them, and against those countries, which deploy other countries' nuclear weapons on their territories. Poland is aware of it," the general said. This seems to be a weak spot for Russia, the perception that it's might could be sidesteped, however currently MD won't stop many missles with multiple war heads so why are the Russians so fearful of this? Maybe they are thinking down the line when we have thousands of anti-missle systems in place around it's borders while they can't stop ours from falling down on their heads. Posted by: Pliny Sleash8027 2008-08-15 |
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