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Rice Says U.S. Anti-Missile
Defense Not Aimed Against Russia
Mos
News
Thursday April 26, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has dismissed Russian concerns
that Washington’s plans to deploy anti-missile defenses in
Europe would endanger Moscow’s nuclear arsenal, The Associated
Press reported on Thursday.
The missile debate was expected to dominate two days of talks among
NATO foreign ministers, who will also focus on efforts to back up
the alliance’s military mission in Afghanistan, and a split
between Russia and Western powers over the future of Kosovo.
“Let’s be real about this and realistic about this,
the idea that somehow 10 interceptors and a few radars in eastern
Europe are going to threaten the Soviet strategic deterrent is purely
ludicrous and everybody knows it,” Rice told reporters ahead
of NATO talks with Russia’s foreign minister.
“The Russians have thousands of warheads. The idea that you
can somehow stop the Russian strategic nuclear deterrent with a
few interceptors just doesn’t make sense.”
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