From RIA Novosti:MOSCOW, May 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will link U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe with the issues of strategic offensive armaments in relations with the United States, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
"One needn't be an expert to understand: if one party wants or would have an umbrella against all kinds of threats, this party would develop an illusion that it is allowed to do anything and then the aggressiveness of its actions will increase numerously, and the threat of global confrontation will reach a very dangerous level," Putin said in an interview with Japanese media on the eve of his visit to Japan.
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My Comment: As I had mentioned in past posts, America's missile defense program is more important to the Russian Government than America's nuclear forces. Its elimination has always been a stated goal .... the only difference is that the Russian Government is now public about it.