Russia warns U.S. against missile system
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin warned Sunday that he would take retaliatory steps if Washington proceeded with a proposed missile defense system for Europe.
Putin assailed the White House plan to place a radar system in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland. He said neither Iran nor North Korea have the rockets that the system is intended to shoot down.
“We are being told the antimissile defense system is targeted against something that does not exist. Doesn’t it seem funny to you, to say the least?” Putin told reporters.
In comments published Sunday by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Putin also suggested Russia could respond by aiming its nuclear weapons at Europe.
The White House had no comment on either report.
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