Russian Army Chief: U.S. Interceptor Missile Could Trigger Russian Strike
The planned deployment of US interceptor missiles in Poland could trigger a missile strike by Russia if those missiles are ever used, the Russian army’s chief of staff warned on Saturday.
“We are talking about the possibility of a retaliatory strike being triggered by the mistaken classification of an interceptor missile,” Yury Baluyevsky said at a press conference broadcast on state television.
Baluyevsky explained that an interceptor missile launched by the United States could be mistaken by Russia’s automatic defence system for a ballistic missile aimed against Russia.
“Who is going to take responsibility for an automatic triggering of the system if an interceptor missile is launched from Polish territory through Russia to strike down an Iranian missile?”
“I don’t mean to scare anyone but this isn’t a scare story…. It’s a technical detail that could affect the military stability of the world,” Baluyevsky said.
The United States has outlined plans to site 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic by 2012 as part of a missile defence shield aimed, Washington says, against a possible missile threat from Iran.
Russia has said that there is no such threat and that the missile shield can therefore only be aimed at Russia. Russia has vowed to take measures to defend its security against the US plans.
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Do you Russkies really want to engage in another arms race? Don’t you remember what happened the last time? Frankly, we’re the least of your problems.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:34 pmDo you really want to risk annihilation, comrade?
December 17th, 2007 at 12:36 pmSeeing as how an interceptor missile would only be in the air to hit something else already launched, that means either the Russians would launch the first strike, or comletely ignore/overlook a launch by some other country (Iran, I’m looking at you…).
December 17th, 2007 at 12:39 pmBy definition interceptor missiles “intercept” they are the retaliation. Funny how all leftist mind-sets ignore the fact they they are responsible for initiating the force then when the victim uses a self defense move they attack again with violent indignation as if they were just standing there minding there own business. Pus-brains all.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:49 pmyeah like their weapons have been so successful that they have been suppling to our enemies. also remember how well their advisors helped against our invasion of iraq. lmao!!! putin your nothing but a paper tiger and as ronnie said” GO AHEAD MAKE OUR DAY!!!!” we would wipe russia off the map, and of course we will take some hits but there will be no more russia.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pmDon’t know why but this reminds me of Kaddafi and his “line of death”.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:15 pmRemember how that played out?
Your going to take responsibility for your “automatic” triggering of your system Yuri, go have another vodka then bend over and kiss your ass good by.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:24 pmAlso, FU Putin, KGB pimp.
I don’t see this as a problem.
Let the Russians shoot their wad on a false alarm. I’m sure the interceptors will work just fine and then where will they be? Standing their stepping on their wanker wondering why they cut their own balls off?
Imagine the look on Putin’s face when he realizes that he has nothing to threaten eastern europe with anymore except is big fat mouth.
It’ll be a bad move for them all around.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:47 pmMore empty rhetoric from the KGB leftovers but damn that’s a cool smoke ring in the pic Bash.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:36 pmWell…..if your “automatic” detection system launches a strike because of a technical error, I guess its a good thing that we have that missile defense shield in place. By the way, how do you like your cities, chargrilled or extra crispy?
December 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pmwhy are they so defense all the time. It was us who helped them win the WW. Then they turn into an enemy. Like the US would just go and attack a country like russia?? We cant get enough support to fight the war in Iraq, even after 9/11, let along being able to attack a country like russia….
December 18th, 2007 at 5:49 amThe biggest threat here is to the Russian arms sales … they can’t sell what can be destroyed
December 18th, 2007 at 6:28 pm