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Russia warns of US missile
shield retaliation
AdelaideNow
Sunday December 16, 2007
THE planned deployment of US interceptor missiles
in Poland could trigger a missile strike by Russia if those missiles
are ever used, the Russian army's chief of staff has warned.
"We are talking about the possibility of a retaliatory
strike being triggered by the mistaken classification of an interceptor
missile," Yury Baluyevsky said at a press conference broadcast
on state television.
Baluyevsky explained that an interceptor missile launched by
the United States could be mistaken by Russia's automatic defence
system for a ballistic missile aimed against Russia.
"Who is going to take responsibility for an automatic triggering
of the system if an interceptor missile is launched from Polish
territory through Russia to strike down an Iranian missile?"
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"I don't mean to scare anyone but this isn't a scare story....
It's a technical detail that could affect the military stability
of the world," Baluyevsky said.
The United States has outlined plans to site 10 interceptor missiles
in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic by 2012 as part
of a missile defence shield aimed at a possible missile threat
from Iran, according to Washington.
Russia has said that there is no such threat and that the missile
shield can therefore only be aimed at Russia. Russia has vowed
to take measures to defend its security against the US plans.
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