Russia to Counter US Missile Deployment in Germany – teleSUR English

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2024. Photo: X/ @EmbassyofRussia

July 29, 2024 Hour: 8:32 am

Those missiles possibly equipped with nuclear warheads will hit targets on Russian territory within 10 minutes.

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country will take corresponding countermeasures if the United States deploys long-range weapons in Germany.

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“If the U.S. implements such plans, we will consider giving up the previously assumed unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium and short-range strike weapons, including increasing the capabilities of the coastal troops of our Navy,” Putin said during the naval parade ceremony at Russia’s annual Navy Day in St. Petersburg.

The United States announced earlier this month the decision to begin episodic deployments of long-range weapons in Germany from 2026 to demonstrate its commitment to Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

During his speech, Putin stressed that such missiles possibly equipped with nuclear warheads will hit targets on Russian territory within 10 minutes.

“We will take corresponding measures to deploy them, taking into account the moves by the United States and its allies in Europe and other regions of the world,” he said.

Russia will continue build up its surface, underwater forces and naval air force and equip them with new generation and hypersonic missile systems, President Putin announced.

The current geopolitical tensions are a consequence of actions taken by former President Donald Trump in 2019, when the United States withdrew from a multilateral treaty signed in 1987 that banned the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate-range land-based missiles.