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Putin asks for US information on its defence system

Taiwan News.Net
Tuesday 29th December, 2009

Vladimir Putin has urged the US to provide more information about its missile defence capabilities.
Vladimir Putin has urged the US to provide more information about its missile defence capabilities.

The Russian prime minister has said that more information from the United States would help Russia develop its own offensive and defensive weapons systems.

Putin said Russia was entitled to the information as part of a nuclear knowledge exchange under a new arms treaty. The previous treaty expired on December 5th.

Mr Putin said Russia wants access to more information on US missile defence plans in order for Russia to decide what it needs in the way of a retaliatory defence system.

He said the issues of missile defence and offensive weapons are closely linked and that Russia should know about US capabilities so Russia can build its own effective anti-missile defence.

There could be a danger, he said, that having established an umbrella against Russia's offensive strike systems, America may come to feel completely safe, with the nuclear balance being completely disrupted.

He claimed that America could then do whatever it wanted and its aggressiveness would grow.

Mr Putin added that plans for a US missile defence system are also hindering talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Russia and the United States are currently struggling to find a replacement for the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which expired in early December.

The 1991 treaty led to the biggest reduction in nuclear weapons in history.

Earlier this month, President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would continue to develop new warheads, delivery vehicles and launchers, describing it as routine practice.
 

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JTRAV
12-29-09, 07:54 PM

Putin requests US nuclear information

I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT PRES. B.O. WILL ACCOMODATE MR. PUTIN.

Syed Suhail Khalid
12-29-09, 08:49 PM

Russia can do it alone or with India and China.

I have nuclear weapons+I have nuclear weapons=world peace!
This is ironic and strange.
But unfortunately, this is the right thing one has to do with USA.

A country must have creditable deterrence against USA’s nuclear weapons.

And with all the technological expertise that Russia has,it can develop its defensive missile shield and offensive missiles even without USA letting Russia know about its new missiles.

Russia could build up its missile arsenal in technical collaboration with India and China.

Whiskey For My Men, Beer For My Horses
12-30-09, 12:39 AM

Putin asks for Defence System Info

Oh, hell no. You know Obamalamadingdong. Will do anything he can to accomadate Mr. Putin. Pretty soon folks. The sky will be falling. Good Grief, Charlie Brown. Will the insanity ever end?

waltky
12-30-09, 01:01 AM

Granny says tell him to put a sock in it...

... he ain’t gonna get it.
:p

JustRemember
12-30-09, 02:14 AM

JustRemember --

Perhaps you do not find Albert Einstein a great thinker — for myself I think he was totally misled on several key points (as regards his resistance against quantum action-at-a-distance effects, or warps). But many consider him a great thinker — possibly greater than Putin. And it was in part Einstein who made the doctrine that Putin adheres to — that of peace being based on balance of all-destructive atomic power — after Einstein, originally a passifist, delivered the key equation for the atomic bomb to the world.

Behind the game
12-30-09, 04:46 AM

New toys

Do you think America will use weapons from earth or above on high?

wow
12-30-09, 05:04 AM

Only crazy people will indulge their capabilities to strike.Never trust a Ruski

` ~galljdaj+
12-30-09, 06:02 AM

Weak minds have been displayed above!

Putin is using Our Own words you idiots!

UnregisteredX
12-30-09, 05:23 PM

huh

wow;176341:
Only crazy people will indulge their capabilities to strike.Never trust a Ruski



As I type it in from my apt in Moscow and thinking about my 20+ years traveling throughout US I shouldn’t be surprised that US still have plenty of uneducated idiots. Same goes for Russia...never trust this or that - IDIOTS!!!! Very few will listen to you neither you have a clue how US-Russia will play out to make sure no one uses anything. Ever. So get back to the Holiday festivities and enjoy your wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that is yet to be won, and we are talking 4th world countries you still fighting here with all the $$ and hi tech equipment... STOP! Stop wasting money on $100K space pens when $0.5 pencil will do. Spend it on medicine, build a fvking McDonald’s in Kabul instead, that will make you more friends and earn trust!

Anonymous
12-30-09, 08:03 AM

MMmm

Talking of propaganda idiot.

Elizabeth Srikachorn
12-30-09, 08:55 AM

Are you crazy !

United States of America should never share things like this to any country most specially RUSSIA. Mr. Putin is a very powerful man right now in USSR that he can tell the PRESIDENT TO GET LOST,and other government people who will disobey him .WOW THIS IS A JOKE ...SHOULD TELL ME, HE IS CRAZY ..IF WE DO WHAT HE SAYS THEN WE ARE THE CRAZIER..AND 100% STUPID .

Anonymous
12-30-09, 11:02 AM

Got news for Mr.Putin,the US have always held aces in the hole,we are so sneaky that we hide things(weapons) from ourselves.We even maintain shadow governments to protect against bad leaders.The rot is not only on the surface.

Twincougars
12-30-09, 03:27 PM

No Way!!

Unfortunately, Obama will probably give Russia what it wants, just like Clinton gave secrets to the Chinese. These countries, with their communist ideology, are considered enemies of the US by most of our citizens. We enjoy natural freedoms and liberties and a standard of living that these commies, with their totalitarian control of their citizens, cannot accept. World wide expansion of their commie empire has long been their goal, whereas for the US, our expansion has been of a corporate nature, utilizing resources of other countries to build corporate empires. IMHO, neither is correct. However, for one country to give its military secrets to another, especially a non-allied country, is totally STUPID!

Sir Ron
12-30-09, 11:06 AM

Dear Mr. POOPIN

F**K You!
You ain’t gonna down size & we better not

secret slave
12-30-09, 02:52 PM

How much was a keg of stolen yellow cake powder?

salaam,
And theze blamed Luqman for purchasing stolen merchandize in accussed investigation in bringing a dog along and upon Ruby Ridge,
dog got it formosty by association of protection of a gated claim ?
FBI how much was the foundational blue print upon the usa embassy in Iraq built prior to any bargain garden hunting again?
Anti wisdom hard to follow in stolen merchandizes?
feeamanellaah

secret slave
12-30-09, 02:55 PM

How much is an immunity letter in ruling unjustly?

salaam,
Documents crimes prior to committing crimes of warrior not granted immunity letter !
feeamanellaah

secret slave
12-30-09, 02:57 PM

Says it knows a terrorist at work efforts?

salaam,
Was it with proof or no proof required?
feeamanellaah

Whiskey For My Men, Beer For My Horses
12-31-09, 12:00 AM

Defence System

Okay people, you want logical. A leader of any country would never release any kind of defence information to anyone. Even when they say there trying to free the world of nukes. Obama is weak, Putin knows this. Hell, every body with half there brain tyed behind there backs knows this. Yes, people this is the Next cold war. Think about it.
The players on the checker board are moving. In force I might add. The out come looks bleek.

JREALZ
01-02-10, 08:34 AM

obama is WEAk AS hELL

I couldn really stand bush but at least he aint pussy bush stand’s up for the usa obama is so scared of russia we need to install our short medium and long range anti missile’s in poland then install them shit’s in taiwan incase china want’s a piece of us the us need’s to maintain a strong stance in the world and now we got iran crazy ass regime trying to make a statement basically mr adhjemeid or however you spell that idiot name think he can actually take on the us millitary I tell you if I was the president I would have my adminastration keep a lookout on iran espically north korea russia venezuela boliva cuba china syria somolia and yemen and year’s down the line a whole list of rouge state’s that would like to require nuclear weapon’s!!!bomb them all I say

chris.
01-07-10, 08:03 PM

the truth

everybody should just bomb everyone else. that way someone can say


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