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President Dmitry Medvedev told his military to work on the capability to “destroy” a USA backed Eastern European missile-defense system.
“I have ordered the armed forces to develop measures to ensure, if necessary, that we can destroy the command and control systems” of the U.S. shield, Medvedev said. “These measures are appropriate, effective and low-cost.”
Medvedev also threatened to quit a 2011 (SALT) arms-reduction treaty if the two sides can’t agree on missile defense.
An expert observed: “This is a Cold War-style issue that can be damaging for Russia-U.S. relations. Unfortunately, it’s going to stay for a while and during an election period it is an issue that can attract a lot of attention.”
