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5 of June, 09:21

USA from Europe will target missiles at Russia Washington wants to place missiles on the ground in Europe and Asia. This measure is considered to be a response to alleged failure of the Russian Federation to the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range.

Washington is considering placing in Europe or Asia land-based missiles that can be aimed at Russian nuclear potential. This became known from the report of the Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, unclassified excerpts of which were in the media.

This measure, taking into account the opinion of the United States, is considered to be a response to the alleged failure by the Russian Federation to the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range (DRMS). "The Obama administration is considering several aggressive response to the fact that Russia is proposing a charge of violating a prisoner during the "cold war" of the agreement, in particular, it is about the placement of land-based missiles in Europe, which can be a pre-emptive strike, destroying domestic weapons", reports TASS referring to the Associated Press.

With all this rest, this measure was not reported. Besides all this, officials of Washington as before going to try to convince Moscow in compliance with the Treaty only diplomatic ways.

Washington has considered 3 options responding to the Russian Federation's breach of contract DRMD. 1 - create additional protection, 2nd is to install missiles in Europe and Asia, and 3 - use of nuclear weapons against Russia.

Therefore, experts say, the installation of American medium-range missiles to recall the "darkest days of the cold war". Then the allies of the United States, together with NATO mark in Europe cruise missiles, land-based ballistic missiles "Pershing-2".

In turn, Moscow has denied all allegations of Washington. According to the chief of the Department for non-proliferation and arms control of the Russian foreign Ministry Mikhail Ulyanov, they are considered "unproven". "To support these allegations to the exact facts of the United States do not wish or, probably, not in condition. Formed the view that the task is to attempt to discredit the Russian Federation and submit it as a state that violates international", he said earlier in the concert at the review conference on the implementation of the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT).
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