the Stage is set for a new cold-war arms race between the americans and the russians.
Russia is on its way to developing a new supermissil with atomsprænghoved, which will be one of the most advanced ever, says president Putin.
Less than a week after the world’s two largest atomsupermagter both have suspended the INF agreement (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, ed.) promise Putin that he will reinforce russia’s already large arsenal of weapons with a new supersonic missile.
The typing of several international media such as CNN and CNBC.
on Friday announced the Trump administration, that it has suspended the missilaftalen, which was signed by former president Ronald Reagan and Soviet secretary general Mikhail Gorbachev.
24 hours followed the russians follow suit, and thus is the more than 30-year-old agreement to destroy a large number of missiles, and that both nations should have insight in each other’s atomvåbenprogrammer, death.
the Agreement would eliminate the UNITED states’Nato allies, fears of missile attacks from the threat in the east, but Putin’s new supersonic missile, which can fly up to 1000 kilometers, can pose a big security threat for Europe in the future.
– They are not only much faster than the previous missiles, they have developed, which makes them very hard to intercept. They also have an incredible low flight time, which makes it difficult for the defending side to react, said Michael Kofman, who is a military expert specializing in Russia by the CNA, to CNN.
A supersonic missile means that it can fly faster than the speed of sound, and Russia’s new missile can according to the militæreksperten fly five times faster than the speed of sound.
According to the media Technology Review working also the UNITED states and China on this kind of supersonic missiles, as ’there is no way to defend themselves against’.
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Data of the missile, Putin repeatedly used to hit targets in Syria, where Russia is fighting on president Assad’s side. Photo: AP
Will also modify the second supermissil
Putin’s plans were revealed to the public, as the Kremlin (the Russian parliament, ed.) on Monday referred the notes from a meeting between Putin, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and defence minister Sergei Shoigu to the Russian news agency RIA.
This explains secretary of defense Shoigu, that the russians also want to modify your Data-the missile, which is similar to the american Tomahawk being fired from warships.
– In 2019-2020, we should develop a grundbaseret version of our langdistancekrydsermissil Data, which has been shown to be effective in Syria. In the same way, we must develop long-range supersonic missiles that can be fired from the ground, tells Shoigu to the RIA according to CNBC.
Succeed the russians to further develop their Data-the missile, it brings us bases in Europe are in danger, assess the previous general Mark Hertling over for CNN.
– It can hit about six bases, including major air bases around Europe. Some of them have up to 30,000 us soldiers stationed.
The Russian president stresses, however, that he does not want Russia to be dragged into a new arms race with the americans. Instead, the development of the new supermissil act as a ‘mirror against the american aggression’, says.
According to the news agency AP Russia will not impose new missiles unless the UNITED states makes it in Europe.
the INF agreement of 1987 eliminated the imminent danger of a nuclear war between the Soviet union and the West.
It was a time when the Soviet union and the UNITED states had set up many c # along the so-called iron curtain, which divided Europe during the cold war.
the UNITED states has recently accused Russia of violating the INF agreement, and it is the reason for the suspension of the agreement.
