This is the context for the escalation in Cold
War tensions with Russia this week, with the
deployment of the US missile system in Romania.
The $800 million so-called missile shield is set
to expand to Poland over the next two years and
eventually will cover all of Europe from Greenland to southern Spain.
Peace, Not Russia, Is Real Threat to US Power
FINIAN CUNNINGHAM | 16.05.2016 | OPINION
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The monstrous US military budget is a classic
illustration of the proverb about not seeing the
wood for the trees. It is such an overwhelming
outgrowth, all too often it is misperceived.
In recent years, Washington’s military
expenditure averages around $600 billion a year.
That’s over half of the total discretionary
spending by the US government, exceeding budgets
for education, health and social security. It’s
well over a third of the total world military annual spend of $1.7 trillion.
The incipient military-industrial complex that
President Dwight Eisenhower warned of in his
farewell speech in 1961 has indeed become a
central, defining feature of American society and
economy. To talk of «American free-market
capitalism» is a staggering oxymoron when so much
of the country’s economy is wholly dependent on government-funded militarism.
Or put it another way: if the US military budget
were somehow drastically reduced in line with
other nations, the all-powerful
military-industrial complex and the American
state as we know it would collapse. No doubt
something better would evolve in time, but the
impact on established power interests would be
calamitous and therefore is trenchantly resisted.
This is the context for the escalation in Cold
War tensions with Russia this week, with the
deployment of the US missile system in Romania.
The $800 million so-called missile shield is set
to expand to Poland over the next two years and
eventually will cover all of Europe from Greenland to southern Spain.
Washington and NATO officials maintain that the
Aegis anti-missile network is not targeted at
Russia. Unconvincingly, the US-led military
alliance claims that the system is to defend
against Iranian ballistic missiles or from other
unspecified «rogue states». Given that Europe is
well beyond the range of any Iranian ballistic
capability and in light of the international
nuclear accord signed last year between Tehran
and the P5+1 powers, the rationale of «defense
against Iranian rockets» beggars belief.
Russia to take retaliatory measures in response
to US missile defense system in Romania
13.05.2016
http://www.911forum.org.uk/board/viewtopic.php?p=172611#172611
http://www.pravdareport.com/russia/politics/13-05-2016/134406-missile_defense_system_romania_russia-0/
The US has deployed the first ground missile
defense system in Europe: the complex of
antiaircraft defense was deployed on a military
base in Deveselu, Romania. At the same time, the
issue of the use of alternative methods of
defense for the countries of the continent has
been discussed actively during the recent years.
In 2008, the United States and Russia agreed to
suspend the development of such a program. It was
announced that Europe did not need a missile
defense system. Later, however, the state of affairs took a U-turn.
To date, the BMD Aegis Ashore system has been
officially put into operation and can already
launch SM-3 interceptor missiles. The complex
also includes 24 anti-aircraft missiles Standard SM-3 Block IB.
Russian officials said that such actions of NATO
violate "strategic stability" and may lead to
even more serious challenges in the region. In
connection with the deployment of the US missile
defense system in Romania, the Russian Defense
Ministry intends to increase spending on the
development of next-generation technologies before 2020.
Traditionally, US State Department officials
stated once again that Russia's concerns about
the deployment of the US missile defense in Europe were groundless.
Also read: Russia's new hypersonic weapon to outdo any missile defense system
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Defence Policy, Frank Rose, said that Russia
believes that the systems of the US missile
defense in Europe pose a threat to Russia's
strategic nuclear deterrent. "Russia has
repeatedly raised concerns that U.S. and NATO
missile defenses are directed against Russia and
represent a threat to its strategic nuclear
deterrent. Nothing could be further from the truth," he said.
During the official meeting with Romanian
representatives on the eve of the opening of the
Aegis missile defense system in Romania, Frank
Rose noted that the US and NATO made it clear
that the missile defense system was not able to
undermine Russia's strategic potential, nor was it designed for the purpose.
The US message to Russia is as follows: the
missile defense system in Europe will have a
limited range and is deigned to protect US allies
from "uncontrolled groups or states, such as Iran
and North Korea" and is no threat to Russia.
Not so long ago, German publication Focus wrote
that Russia's RS-24 missile called the concept of
the American missile defense system in Europe
into question, because the new missile, which is
said to replace the obsolete "Topol" missiles, is
capable to overcome US missile defenses.
In other words, it is still understood that the
US missile defense system in Europe was created
to counter Russian missiles. Moreover, when
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that
as long as the question of the Iranian nuclear
program was closed, there was no need to deploy
the missile defense system in Europe.
Indeed, as soon as the Geneva agreements were
signed, the Iranian threat disappeared. Yet, the
US still wants to build missile defenses in
Europe "just in case." What case can it be?
Official representative for the Russian Foreign
Ministry Maria Zakharova announced that Moscow
reserves the right for retaliatory measures after
the US deployed the missile defense system in Romania.
Additionally, chairman of the Committee for
Defense and Security of the Federation Council,
Viktor Ozerov, sad that Russia could withdraw
from the START treaty in response to the
deployment of new anti-missile systems in Eastern Europe, RIA Novosti reports.
"Given that this was and still is not our choice,
we reserve the right for taking appropriate
responsive military measures. We were ready for
close cooperation, right to the creation of joint
anti-missile architecture in Europe that would be
built on the principle of sectors," RIA Novosti
quoted Maria Zakharova as saying.
The question of nuclear parity between Russia and
the United States remains one of the most
important issues in world politics. Russia's
military doctrine is defensive, while the United
States and NATO share an offensive military
thinking. To crown it all, the activities of NATO
forces near Russian borders speak for themselves.
"Now we have the treaty about the reduction of
offensive weapons - START-3 or the Prague Treaty
from 2010. The US and NATO may want to sing
START-4, but one needs to coordinate military
doctrines first, to bring them to a common
denominator not to look at each other through gun
sights. Today, we are not ideological allies, but
let us be at least ideological non-opponents,"
military expert Vladimir Kozin said in an interview with Pravda.ru.
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