Russia Warns of Missile Deployment


Russia Warns of Missile Deployment -- Ellen Barry and Sophia Kishkovsky  -- New York Times  -- November 4, 2008
Russia

In a wide-ranging attack on the United States as it elected a new president, the Russian leader Dmitri A. Medvedev warned that Moscow might deploy short-range missiles in the Baltic region to counter a perceived threat from a proposed American missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. The U.S. has stated that the missile defense system is needed to intercept missiles from states including Iran and does not threaten Russia.

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