Okay, this is turning into a nightmare scenario. Will someone please tell Putin to put away the vodka? The US has always said that the BMD shield was not, and is not designed to threaten Russia. It was meant to protect Europe from Iranian ballistic missiles. Heck, the missiles don’t even have any warheads. They are kinetic — or hit to kill — weapons. There’s no reason for Putin and Medvedev to be concerned about the BMD shield… unless they’re running interferance for Iran.

Hours after the signing, Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned that Moscow’s response would go beyond diplomacy. The system to be based in Poland lacks “any target other than Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles,” it said in a statement, contending the U.S. system “will be broadened and modernized.”

“In this case Russia will be forced to react, and not only through diplomatic” channels, it said without elaborating.

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