Ballistic missile defense (BMD) NATO in the European Union is not intended to threaten Russia, and is created in order to strengthen stability in the region, said on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of state rose Gottemoeller.
" Limited MISSILE defence assets (in Europe) are not able to threaten nuclear potential of Russia and are not a threat to stability in the region, " said Gottemoeller in Romania, where in 2015 should be placed MISSILE defense System of NATO.
in 2002, the US abandoned signed with Russia missile defense (he allowed the parties to create only one MISSILE defense systems, limiting its location, size, and power) and headed for accommodation in the EU 3rd position area of the global strategic framework for its ABM (anti-ballistic missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic), able to hit Russian ICBMs. These plans were met with sharp opposition to the capital of Russia, which considered them a threat. In 2013, the US told him about the reorientation of efforts in the field of MISSILE defense in the Asia-Pacific region and was postponed until 2022 th deployed in Romania and Poland interceptors that intercept ICBMs and SLBMs. With its own NATO said the decision to build a full-fledged territorial MISSILE defence, which is scheduled to be done by 2020. However, the basis of this system remain American objects. In early November, the U.S. military has successfully tested a MISSILE defense Aegis ( " aegis " ), which will be deployed in Romania in 2015.
Moscow is seeking to secure assurances about " not directed " European MISSILE defense against Russia in legally binding form, but received a refusal. In March 2014, the United States, and in April, NATO stopped the dialogue with Russia on missile defence, referring to the Ukrainian crisis.
The U.S. Secretary of state said that the MISSILE defense System in the EU would be " incomplete range, aimed at protecting U.S. allies
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