Russia is getting very worried by the US anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
They will deploy short-ranged ballistic missiles in Kaliningrad on the Polish border, as well as try to electronically jam and disable the US anti-missile system.
Wonder what the Obama response will be? Continued confrontation with Russia or appeasement?
MOSCOW - RUSSIA will deploy Iskander missiles in its western enclave of Kaliningrad in response to plans by the United States to build an anti-missile system in Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
Mr Medvedev said Russia would electronically jam elements of the proposed US system and that Russia had scrapped plans to stand down three missile regiments.
Russia has been infuriated by US plans to intercepter missiles in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic.
‘Iskander missile systems will be deployed in Kaliningrad region to neutralise the missile defence system,’ Mr Medvedev said, adding that electronic neutralising devices would also be deployed.
Delivering his first state of the nation address since taking office last May, Mr Medvedev blamed the US on Wednesday for world turmoil and proposed domestic reforms including extension of presidential terms that he said would secure Russia’s development.
He said the blame for ills ranging from the global financial crisis to the recent war in Georgia lay squarely with the US and also announced plans to base a missile system in a Russian enclave in central Europe.
‘The economy of the US dragged down with it into recession the financial markets of the whole planet,’ Mr Medvedev said.
‘This crisis took on a global character.’
The new Russian president failed to make any reference to the historic victory in Tuesday’s US presidential election by Mr Barack Obama, focusing the bulk of his address instead on domestic political and social issues.