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The United States and Germany have announced episodic deployments of longer-range US missiles to Germany in 2026.
By Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne
Russia is preparing military countermeasures in reaction to the planned US deployment of longer-range land-based missiles in Germany, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, adding that the US resolution is “destructive to regional security and strategic stability. “
“Without nerves or emotions, we will first of all expand the army’s reaction to this new game,” said Deputy Minister Sergei A. Ryabkov to the Russian news agency Interfax.
In a statement issued through the Russian Foreign Ministry, Ryabkov said Moscow was awaiting the resolution and had begun preparing “countermeasures” in advance.
In a joint statement, the United States and Germany said Washington would begin “episodic deployments” of missiles in Germany in 2026, adding that those with “a particularly longer range” than those deployed in Europe lately.
The statement indicates that regular deployments would prepare for “a sustainable parking of those capabilities into the future. ” Ultimately, the weapons will come with SM-6 missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and development hypersonic cannons, he said.
“What we are deploying in Germany is a defensive capability like many other defensive functions that we have deployed within the alliance, over the course of decades,” Jake Sullivan, the alliance’s national security adviser, told reporters on Thursday. White House, referring to the 32 NATO countries. Array: “So it is clear that more Russian saber-rattling will not deter us from doing what we think is to keep the alliance as strong as possible. »
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