Russia may expand its arsenal of nuclear weapons if the US goes ahead with a major missile defense program that’s been ordered by President Trump, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Thursday.
Trump signed an executive order on Monday to develop an “Iron Dome for America” that can intercept ballistic, hypersonic, and other types of advanced missiles, unlike Israel’s Iron Dome, which is designed to intercept short-range crude rockets. The order also calls for an improvement in missile defense to protect US troops deployed in other countries and the territory of US allies.
Writing in the Russian journal International Affairs, Grigory Mashkov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special ambassador, said the US’s global missile defense posture was already a threat to Russia and said expanding it further “puts an end to the prospects of strategic offensive arms reduction and preservation of strategic stability on the previous terms.”
Mashkov said that it is “not ruled out that in the current conditions of confrontation with the West, with its policy of inflicting strategic damage on Russia, we may face the need for moving away from restrictions on nuclear and missile arsenals in favor of their quantitative and qualitative increase.”
He said one possible retaliatory measure Russia could take is adjusting its position on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and other commitments Moscow has made related to the transparency of its nuclear stockpile.
“We will have to take a fresh look at all our commitments in the area of strengthening transparency and confidence-building measures, and suspend discussions on nuclear risks and threats, which are becoming empty talk in the context of growing efforts by the West to undermine strategic and non-strategic nuclear deterrent forces,” Mashkov said.
Trump’s executive order clashes with his recent comments about seeking “denuclearization” with Russia and China since it’s clear the development of a major new missile defense system would spark a new arms race.
Mashkov warned that an arms race was already underway. “A missile arms race is already in full swing. So is the large-scale modernization of nuclear arsenals and WMD delivery vehicles. The militarization of space is gaining momentum, which, in the near future, is likely to become another scene of military confrontation,” he said.
Total "Star Wars" remake!
And I mean Reagan's "Star Wars" and how the USSR reacted… at first.
Anyway, can they make something efficient when they don't yet even have hypersonic missiles yet?
I love star wars!
Oh wait the American Star Wars.
Darn.
You're the Skywalker…!
Thats a good thing?
Vila, is that u…?!
Yo guys sure do miss this Vila fellow
Did you guys like him?
It is u…!
You seem like a likeable but naive and fully indoctrinated kid. More honestly so when you were just being you instead of pretending to be your roommate and then pretending to be some kind of Polish military guy.
Well, i am polish
Yes, you have repeated that several times.
Trump will never go against American imperialist and MIC interests. He is only trying to make American empire more efficient and for this purpose he is changing the tactics. The geopolitical goals are still the same. One of his ideas was to freeze the war in Ukraine and concentrate on something else but it is impossible for U.S. and NATO to get out from this trap without great damage. They can't agree on Putin's terms because it looks like a complete defeat of American empire and yet Putin would accept nothing else. Trump can't go serious way against China with one foot trapped in Ukraine though some lunatics maybe think he can. Meanwhile geopolitical balance is shifting progressively in favor of BRICS.
What if Canada and Mexico join BRICS? Venezuela? Colombia? et al………….
Trump will try to include Canada into U.S. Also he is planning to occupy Panama and make Chinese trade with Latin America more difficult. If China chooses to escalate, Mexico could become the same battleground between China and U.S. as Ukraine is between U.S. and Russia.
Remember what Trump said about BRICS if they go against his orders and wishes. He talks about them like they were an irritating bug that can be smashed.
At the moment he really does believe that he is the lone savior of America and the world – or he just plays one on TV. Either way he seems to be having fun ordering everyone around.
Still he is doing what he believes is the best for America. He is a political showman but unlike Zelensky he cares not only about himself.
Don't be so sure about that. Just because one clown does his bit, according to the script, doesn't mean the other isn't.
He is a political showman but unlike Zelensky he cares not only about himself.
Just for clarification, are you seriously talking about Trump there?
Iron Done will not intercept Mach 10+ missiles made by any country!
Hazel is not easily brought down by any means now known.
Didn't when Iran fired off its missiles.
Believing in an ABM system to protect you is false religion; as any ABM system can easily be overwhelmed; this is exactly what Russia is saying.
At best, it is nothing but another gift to the MIC lobby, more dangerously it will give people (military hawks) a false sense of invulnerability, encouraging them to make foolish decisions and it will also give the general population a false sense of security.
Correct, Israel's Iron Dome failed to protect from a modest Iranian attack, and their missiles were not nukes.
Indeed, the world has changed.
Trump may want to restart the Star Wars program to feed the pigs so they will leave him alone. Wont do much good other than waste more money and provide false sense of security.
Trump is playing into a crafty and carefully set US bankruptcy trap.
Yes, it is a gift to the MICIMATT, as noted in foodoo's post. And another self-inflicted blow to the economic health of the US.
Is there a Trade-Mark for the title of "Iron Dome?" …Wow! That's easy money. Just for the use of the name regardless who's making it or even if it were proven not to work!? …Dude! That's smart. …Wait!? Does that make us stupid?
LOL
I discover a new Kremlin shill every day!
Who? Dave DeCamp? If so, how?
Anyone that points out facts that dispute the propaganda narrative of the warmongering political class is a "Kremlin shill".
This would take decades…! Trump wouldn't be around…!
That's what Iran Should Do…!
The US and Russia have both mostly ignored their obligations under NPT since the minute they ratified it.
As super powers they can get away with it…!
Trump is going to need hip waders the way he spends each and every fucking day stepping in it.
Trump’s executive order clashes with his recent comments about seeking “denuclearization” with Russia and China since it’s clear the development of a major new missile defense system would spark a new arms race.
Where have I heard that before? /s
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/future-forecasts/ecm/georgescu-believes-ukraine-will-divide-is-he-correct/
How in practical terms would Russia denazify Ukraine or the oblasts they prefer to absorb? Would they mandate strip searches of citizens and checking for Nazi-related tattoos?
I think it can be put into the terms of Ukraine's surrender and territorial partition. As a practical matter it could apply to political parties and organizations.
Of course, there is no practical way to police private thoughts and conversations; we see Nazi sympathizers pop up in Germany just as elsewhere.
Sure, it can be put into the terms of the surrender that almost certainly isn’t going to happen.
But that doesn’t seem likely to work in terms of actually achieving it.
Israel sends missiles to Ukraine
After Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retired their US-supplied Patriots in April 2024, Kiev asked for the missiles. Moscow warned West Jerusalem of potential consequences at the time, and the idea seemed to have gone nowhere. "In recent days several US Air Force C-17 transport planes ferried the missiles from an airbase in southern Israel to the Polish city of Rzeszow, NATO's logistics hub for supplying Ukraine." Russia's envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, warned Israel in July that arming Kiev would "have certain political consequences," noting that any weapons sent to Ukraine "will eventually be destroyed," just like the others. https://www.sott.net/article/497589-Israel-sends-missiles-to-Ukraine
Houthis are capable of giving Israel a good bashing if Russia provide them with appropriate weapons.
https://sonar21.com/potpourri-friday-tulsi-gabbard-aerial-collision-ukraine-and-genocide-in-palestine/
It will be interesting to see how 5-7 nations will divvy up Ukraine because Zelensky has placed his head in the sand.
The US government wants to finance and organize Ukraine's elections before 2025 ends. Is Zelensky agreeable? Robert Fico, Viktor Orban, and Xi Jinping may manage this election cycle before Russia agrees to Ukraine's legitimacy.
The Kremlin will continue the SMO until they've experienced overwhelming glee and satisfaction.
It's difficult to conceive of Ukrainians running for or from office when they may be pulled off the streets for military service. They could be killed by Russian ordinance while 'campaigning.'
The vagaries of ruling the central government in 404 in 2025.