{"id":115823,"date":"2009-12-30T13:08:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/12\/30\/russia-to-develop-offensive-arms-to-balance-out-american-amd-%e2%80%93-putin.html"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:08:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T18:08:03","slug":"russia-to-develop-offensive-arms-to-balance-out-american-amd-%e2%80%93-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115823","title":{"rendered":"Russia to develop offensive arms to balance out American AMD \u2013 Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia Today<\/a>
\nTuesday, Dec 29th, 2009<\/p>\n

Russia will develop its non-nuclear offensive combat systems in
\norder to keep balance with American plans for an anti-missile shield.<\/p>\n

The statement was made by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a working visit to the country\u2019s Far East.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo maintain the power balance while not developing AMD, like the US, we\u2019ll have to develop offensive arms,\u201d<\/em> \u2013 said Putin. \u201cThe
\nissues of anti-missile defense and offensive combat systems are
\ninterconnected. Even during the cold war the peace was maintained
\nthanks to this balance of power, which includes the correlation of
\nforces between AMD, air defense and offensive arms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are not developing AMD, then there\u2019s a threat
\nthat when our partners create an umbrella over themselves to protect
\nthem against our offensive system, they might feel completely safe. And
\nthat might mean that our partners will feel they can do anything they
\nwant \u2013 the level of aggression in politics and economics
\nwill rise right away. The balance will be lost,\u201d<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, as part of work on the new START, Russia is ready
\nto provide the United States with information on its offensive combat
\nsystems in exchange for information on their anti-missile plans.<\/p>\n

Putin also noted that the process of negotiations on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty are going well.<\/p>\n

According to Russian PM the rules of arms reduction should be transparent and clear to both sides.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Vladimir Kozin said that, at the moment, the
\nbalance between strategic defensive and strategic offensive weapons is
\nbadly needed.<\/p>\n

\u201dRussia never deployed ballistic missile defense outside
\nits territory unlike the United States, while at the same time the
\nUnited States is fielding an extra ballistic missile defense asset, not
\nonly in Asia Pacific, but on European soil as well,\u201d <\/em>he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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