20-12-2008, 12:08 PM
It as though the cold war never ceased eh...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081219/twl-...d0ae9.html
Russia Offer Over Nuclear Weapons
Yesterday, 08:34 am
Russia will stop developing some strategic nuclear weapons if the US drops plans for a missile shield in Europe, a top Russian general has said. Skip related content
Plans to build the defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic have led to a deterioration in relations between Washington and Moscow.
Colonel-General Nikolai Solovtsov, commander of Russia's strategic missile forces, said: "If Americans give up plans to deploy the third positioning region and other elements of the strategic missile defence system then certainly we will adequately respond to it.
"We will simply not need a number of expensive programmes."
The US has said the shield is needed to protect against the threat of a nuclear attack by a rogue state.
But the Kremlin says it believes the programme - based in former Eastern Bloc countries that are now part of Nato - is aimed at Russia.
Col-Gen Solovtsov added: "Today we do not have ideological reasons for confrontation. And as we realise plans for the development of the strategic missile forces, we are not planning to frighten anyone.
"We are simply doing that which is called for by today's realities."
On Wednesday, Col-Gen Solovtsov told reporters that by 2020 Russia would replace its Soviet-era nuclear missile arsenal with new systems featuring "improved combat characteristics" and capable of overcoming defences like the US missile shield.
Russia has been working hard to upgrade its ageing missile forces and has tested new missiles in recent months.
In October Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended the test-firing of a Topol truck-mounted intercontinental missile at the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
The tests came as Moscow repeatedly lashed out at US plans - spearheaded by outgoing US President George Bush - to deploy an anti-missile radar facility in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland.
Mr Bush's successor, president-elect Barack Obama, has yet to give a clear signal about whether he will continue the project.
In addition to the facilities in central Europe, Russia has also objected to what it views as US intentions - denied by Washington - to put elements of missile defence in space.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081219/twl-...d0ae9.html
Russia Offer Over Nuclear Weapons
Yesterday, 08:34 am
Russia will stop developing some strategic nuclear weapons if the US drops plans for a missile shield in Europe, a top Russian general has said. Skip related content
Plans to build the defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic have led to a deterioration in relations between Washington and Moscow.
Colonel-General Nikolai Solovtsov, commander of Russia's strategic missile forces, said: "If Americans give up plans to deploy the third positioning region and other elements of the strategic missile defence system then certainly we will adequately respond to it.
"We will simply not need a number of expensive programmes."
The US has said the shield is needed to protect against the threat of a nuclear attack by a rogue state.
But the Kremlin says it believes the programme - based in former Eastern Bloc countries that are now part of Nato - is aimed at Russia.
Col-Gen Solovtsov added: "Today we do not have ideological reasons for confrontation. And as we realise plans for the development of the strategic missile forces, we are not planning to frighten anyone.
"We are simply doing that which is called for by today's realities."
On Wednesday, Col-Gen Solovtsov told reporters that by 2020 Russia would replace its Soviet-era nuclear missile arsenal with new systems featuring "improved combat characteristics" and capable of overcoming defences like the US missile shield.
Russia has been working hard to upgrade its ageing missile forces and has tested new missiles in recent months.
In October Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended the test-firing of a Topol truck-mounted intercontinental missile at the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
The tests came as Moscow repeatedly lashed out at US plans - spearheaded by outgoing US President George Bush - to deploy an anti-missile radar facility in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland.
Mr Bush's successor, president-elect Barack Obama, has yet to give a clear signal about whether he will continue the project.
In addition to the facilities in central Europe, Russia has also objected to what it views as US intentions - denied by Washington - to put elements of missile defence in space.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14