The United States" decision to deploy a...
Such a scenario is acceptable to Russia, as the then chief of the Russian General Staff Yury Baluyevsky said in 2007.The future of a U.S. anti-missile shield in Europe is uncertain, and this uncertainty threatens to complicate Russian-U.S. relations. With this uncertainty, two deployment approaches are possible.
The first is an anti-Iranian approach, with missile bases and directional radar units to be sited in southern Europe and Turkey. Their chief weapon will be SM-3s designed to intercept medium-range missiles.
The second would be anti-Russian, with the focus moving to Poland, which can accommodate the more advanced GBI missiles capable of intercepting intercontinental missiles.
The two options are far apart, and there is no guarantee that the U.S. will not change its plans for one reason or another.
So a new treaty on offensive arms reductions comes to the fore. Russia is insisting that it should include restrictions on the deployment
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