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Russia threatens military response to any NATO action over nuclear-ready missile

Russia threatens military response to any NATO action over nuclear-ready missile

CNBC, JUN 26 2019  David Reid@CNBCDAVY   
 POINTS
  • NATO has said Russia’s SSC-8 missile violates terms of a 1987 missile treaty.
  • The alliance has said it will act to mitigate the Russian threat.
  • Russia has in turn said it would take “countervailing military measures.”
  • Moscow has said it will take “countervailing military measures” should NATO fulfil any threat related to Russia’s nuclear-ready cruise missile system.

    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Russia must dismantle the short-range system, or the alliance will be forced to respond, adding that NATO-member defense ministers would now look at next steps “in the event that Russia does not comply.”

    No detail is yet known over what NATO might do although Stoltenberg said the alliance would not engage in any arms race.

    According to the Kremlin-owned news agency TASS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters Wednesday that NATO’s comments “reek of propaganda” and were falsely attempting to portray NATO’s threat as a “military and political response to Russia’s actions.”

    The translation of Ryabkov, provided by TASS, added that Russia would respond to any military action from the 29-nation alliance.

    “When these threats begin to materialize into real action, we will have to take countervailing military measures,” he said……… https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/26/russia-threatens-response-to-nato-over-nuclear-ready-ssc-8-missile.html?recirc=taboolainternal

July 1, 2019 - Posted by | EUROPE, politics international, Russia, USA, weapons and war

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