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'Modernization of Russian army can't wait'
Russia is to move faster to modernize its military given the 'pressing circumstances', says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev amid increasing signs of US' hostility. "Modernization of the armed forces" had to take place "much faster because circumstances are pressing us to act this way," Medvedev noted. In its most recent defiance of the Russian will, the United States has moved closer to partially stationing its proposed anti-missile tracking radar in the Czech Republic. Last month, in an interview with the Press TV, Russian political analyst Victor Nadein Raevskiy said "Iran does not have missiles that could reach that far,... of course, it is some kind of protection against Russian rockets." Medvedev said the plan is to assume a faster pace given the 'pressing circumstances'. "If you can aim at rockets, then you are brave enough to begin the war," he added. Moscow has as well claimed the plan constituted a 'nuclear deterrence' and a 'threat to its security'. The decision for the modernization, announced by the president earlier in the month, was, as well, 'undoubtedly' moved by the country's August 8 confrontation with Georgia in which the United States has likewise been implicated. Invading South Ossetia, the Georgian forces had endangered the lives of the Russian peacekeepers and citizens in the independence-leaning republic. Russia accuses Washington of having been planning the war since long ago while making political capital of the uneasy aftermath to boost the chances of one of the rivaling US' presidential candidates. Earlier in the month, Russia's State Duma deputy, Sergei Markov, told Press TV that "it is not a conflict between Russia and Georgia. It is a conflict between Russia and the United States. The United States, in fact, attacked Russia with Georgian hands." Posted by: Fred 2008-09-26 |
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