Analysts have warned of a coming Second Cold War between the U.S. and Russia, and if they’re right, the military technology chess match has already begun. Russia will counter NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons capable of piercing the shield, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
Putin told defense officials that by developing defenses against ballistic missiles Washington aims to “neutralize” Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrent and gain a “decisive military superiority.”
He said that Moscow will respond by developing “strike systems capable of penetrating any missile defenses.” Putin’s statement comes amid a severe strain in Russia’s relations with the U.S. and its NATO allies, which have plunged to the lowest point since the Cold War over the crisis in Ukraine.
For many years, the Kremlin has protested the U.S.-led missile shield, voicing concern that it could eventually become capable of intercepting Russia’s nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, thus eroding the strength of the nation’s nuclear deterrent.
Washington, in turn, has argued that the shield was aimed to fend off missile threats from nations such as Iran and North Korea and wouldn’t be capable of dealing with the massive Russian nuclear arsenal.
Putin argued Tuesday that the U.S. has kept working on the missile shield despite Iran’s deal with six world powers that has curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.
“So, references to the Iranian and the North Korean nuclear missile threat just have served to cover up the true plans, and their true task is to neutralize nuclear potential of other nuclear powers, … Russia in particular,” Putin said.
Putin added that in the future Russia may also work on the development of its own missile defense systems, but will now focus primarily on commissioning new strike weapons. He said that Russian arms makers already have built and tested prospective weapons systems, which entered combat duty this year.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
not supprising, with o’bummer and his minions [clinton ,and hanoi jane’s boyfriend as sec/state. our manufacturing base is at it’s lowest since after ww1.NO MONEY FOR RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT..and pushing for a more gentiller,friendlier,military.
It’s likely both countries have weapons in their stockpiles that the other doesn’t know about and isn’t prepared to defend itself against.
Based on the number of ICBMs that both the US and Russia have , they can destroy each other many times over. There is no defense system against 1000 missiles being targeted at you at the same time. You may destroy some or several hundreds of missiles, but the rest will wipe you out of existence. No matter whether the missiles are nuclear tipped or biological in nature, There is no hope for survival for either nation in case of a true war. Just either nuclear and conventional subs fleet alone can destroy the world several times over. So all of us must be reasonable and keep the peace. No advance in technology can offset the above scenario.
You are correct Josias.
If eather side starts a Nuclear war there will be no help for this world because of the nuclear cloud that will be slowly cover the world
Why bother with a defense shield… All you need is one and two Live nuke missiles out of 1000 dummy units (cheaper) and
the EMP (electro mag pulse) in high altitude will FRY any electronics working at the time. You half to remember, they have
only 3 replacement power transformers to fix the 60,000 in use today. It takes 6 months to build one. Have a few solar
recharge led lights and fans, and a bike recharger for night use. Think about it….. Try and have a good day. Thanks.
Mankind’s only hope is a faith in Almighty God. Without God man has NO hope in this life and the one life hereafter.