Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis

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****** warns the ******* States of Cold War-style missile crisis

By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President

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on Sunday warned the ******* States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station similar missiles in striking distance of the West.

The ******* States said on July 10 that it would start deploying long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 in preparation for a longer-term deployment that will include SM-6, Tomahawk cruise missiles and developmental hypersonic weapons.

In a speech to sailors from Russia, China, Algeria and India to mark Russian navy day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg, ****** warned the ******* States that it risked triggering a Cold War-style missile crisis with the move.

“The flight time to targets on our territory of such missiles, which in the future may be equipped with nuclear warheads, will be about 10 minutes,” ****** said.

“We will take mirror measures to deploy, taking into account the actions of the ******* States, its satellites in Europe and in other regions of the world.”

******, who sent his army into Ukraine in 2022, casts the war as part of a historic struggle with the West, which he says humiliated Russia after ******* Union fell in 1991 by encroaching on what he considers Moscow’s sphere of influence.

Ukraine and the West say ****** is engaged in an imperial-style land grab. They have vowed to defeat Russia, which currently controls about 18% of Ukraine, including Crimea, and parts of four regions in eastern Ukraine.

Russia says the lands, once part of the Russian empire, are now again part of Russia and that they will never be given back.

COLD WAR?

Russian and U.S. diplomats say their diplomatic relations are worse even that during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and both Moscow and Washington have urged de-escalation while both have made steps towards escalation.

****** said that the ******* States was stoking tensions and had transferred Typhon missile systems to Denmark and the Philippines, and compared the U.S. plans to the NATO decision to deploy Pershing II launchers in Western Europe in 1979.

The ******* leadership, including General Secretary

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, feared Pershing II deployments were part of an elaborate U.S.-led plan to decapitate the ******* Union by taking out its political and military leadership.

“This situation is reminiscent of the events of the Cold War related to the deployment of ********* medium–range Pershing missiles in Europe,” ****** said.

The Pershing II, designed to deliver a variable yield nuclear warhead, was deployed to West Germany in 1983.

In 1983, the ailing Andropov and the KGB interpreted a series of U.S. moves including the Pershing II deployment and a major NATO exercise as signs the West was about to launch a pre-emptive strike on the ******* Union.

****** repeated an earlier warning that Russia could resume production of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles and then consider where to deploy them after the ******* States brought similar missiles to Europe and Asia.

(Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by David Evans)

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