MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti)...
has created missiles capable of reaching Europe" and "to place the Czech radar so that it faces only Iran."Further complicating things, the Pentagon has said it will allow Russian officers to visit its ABM facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic only if the two countries grant them visas.
This only increases Russian suspicions about the true target of the U.S. strategic missile defense systems in Europe.
Sergei Lavrov did not say at the news conference in Warsaw how Russia would respond to their deployment near its border.
"Do you really expect me to disclose the General Staff's secrets?" he said.
But Russia's possible response is not a secret any more. Russian generals, including Nikolai Solovtsov, commander of the Strategic Missile Force, have said more than once that Russia would retarget its strategic missiles at the Czech Republic and Poland. If they want to become targets for Russian nuclear missiles, it's their choice,
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