Thursday, March 22, 2012

Russian Frustrations With The US Missile Defense Program Grows


Russia Exasperated With US Over Missile Defense -- Christian Science Monitor

A top Russian defense official today signaled growing frustration with the US, which has refused to provide legal guarantees that a planned missile-defense shield is not directed at Moscow.

A top Russian defense official warned Thursday that NATO's plans to install an anti-missile shield in Europe are a "litmus test" for future relations between Moscow and the West.

The tough statement by deputy defense minister Anatoly Antonov comes ahead of a planned summit between Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin and President Obama, and signals Moscow's growing exasperation with the US position after a flurry of optimism earlier this month.

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More News On Russian Frustration With The US Missile Defense Program

US top secret AMD info ‘crapping useless’ for Russia -- RT
U.S. Never Disclosed Missile Defense Data to Russia -- RIA Novosti
U.S. Denies Disclosing Missile Defense Data to Russia -- RIA Novosti
Medvedev: Anti-missile system to counter US shield by 2017 -- RT
Missile defense a ‘litmus test’ of Russian-Western ties, Russia’s top official says -- Washington Post/AP
Russia to raise awareness about missile defense -- Voice of Russia
Obama tells secrets to Russia -- Dick Morris, The Hill
NATO shield will test Russia’s relations with West -- B92

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