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| Russia butt hurt over Japan Buying U.S. Military Equipment, Slams Global Anti-Missile System |
| 2017-12-29 |
| [Newsweek] Russia lashed out against the U.S. on Thursday and accused Washington of violating a decades-old arms control treaty by agreeing to supply Japan with a missile defense system. As tensions heat up in the Pacific region, specifically on the Korean peninsula, Japan finalized plans to purchase two U.S.-built missile defense systems. The news prompted a response from Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, who claimed the deal was part of a U.S. plan to install a "global anti-missile system." She also said the system would damage Moscow’s relationship with Japan. Russia has consistently lashed out when neighboring countries purchase U.S. missile defense systems, which Moscow claims have the capability of launching missiles. Former communist countries such as Poland and Romania have both purchased missile defense systems from the U.S., a fact that riled Moscow, caused tensions between Russia and the Obama administration, and prompted further complaints from Zakharova as recently as last month. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 So, according to Snoozweak, are the Russians the good guys again? So hard keeping track of the party line. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-12-29 19:11 |
| #5 Doesn't convey much confidence in Russia's highly touted "anti-missile" proof systems. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-12-29 16:47 |
| #4 Russia butt hurt over Japan Buying U.S. Military Equipment, Slams Global Anti-Missile System Unintended Consequences? Certainly not unexpected. Maybe he's just whining about the timing. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-12-29 13:03 |
| #3 If Putin hadn't helped fatboy with his missile program (even if only economically which is a big if) then Japan wouldn't need a missile defense system. What? Putin thought that only he can poke people in the eye with a stick? Everybody has a stick. |
| Posted by: A. Omereck6265 2017-12-29 11:22 |
| #2 Whaaaa.... Our shit must really be effective if they are throwing this much of a butthurt fest. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-12-29 09:13 |
| #1 Relax Masha, if Hilda was POTUS there'd been a nuclear war between USA and RF by now. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-29 07:51 |