Russia Threatens To Target US Missile Shield Sites: Reports -- Breitbart/AFP
Russia could point missiles at strategic US targets in central Europe, including planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a senior Russian general said Wednesday.
"I can't exclude that if such decisions are taken by our military-political leadership, the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and other such objects could be chosen as designated targets for some of our inter-continental ballistic missiles," General Nikolai Solovtsov said, quoted by Interfax.
Moscow "is obliged to take corresponding measures that prevent under any circumstances the devaluing of Russia's nuclear deterrent.
"We should be sure that the current and future strategic missile forces... are guaranteed to fulfil the task of strategic deterrence," said Solovtsov, the head of Russia's strategic missile forces.
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My Comment: These Russian reports are more for there own public image, and how their citizens perceive their own government. A battery with 10 missile interceptors on Polish soil will have zero impact on Russia's strategic forces .... and the Russians know this.
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