Vladimir Putin Calls For More Weapons To Stop America Doing 'Whatever It Wants' -- Times Online
Russia needs more weapons to punch through America’s new missile defence shield, Vladimir Putin said yesterday in blunt remarks that will complicate efforts to cut the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals.
The Russian Prime Minister, reasserting himself as the country’s real ruler, said that Moscow should press ahead with a new generation of weapons to stop the Americans doing “whatever they want”.
“To preserve the balance we must develop offensive weapons systems, not missile defence systems as the United States is doing,” he said during a visit to the naval port of Vladivostok on the Pacific coast.
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More News On Russian PM Putin's Remarks
Why Prime Minister Putin may be throwing a wrench in US-Russia arms talks -- Christian Science Monitor
Vladimir Putin threatens Barack Obama's nuclear stockpile cuts -- The Telegraph
Vladimir Putin: U.S. plans for missile defence shield are blocking agreement on reduction of nuclear weapons -- The Daily Mail
Putin: We’ll Overwhelm U.S. Missile Shield. (But Thanks for the Concessions, Barack!) -- The Danger Room
Putin to Obama: Thanks for those missile-defense concessions but we’re going ahead with new weapons -- Allah Pundit
“Reset” on START Needs Another Reset -- Heritage Foundation
My Comment: He is very blunt in his message .... he has sized up President Obama and his focus is to now threaten an arms race with the U.S.. Some in the U.S. media are speculating that this is a negotiating ploy .... unfortunately these pundits and reporters are not reading the Russian press. Russian Prime Minister Putin is dead serious in his determination to build up Russia's offensive capability, and while he is playing to a Russian domestic audience for election purposes, he has always been straight when it came to Russian security issues. Coupled with little if any respect thet he and many in the Russian Government have for President Obama and his administration .... it should be clear that the Russians are now going down a different path (opposite) from the U.S.
So much for resetting the relationship with Russia.