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to pursuing.""The START treaty is not about missile defense. It is about cutting the respective sizes of our arsenals, our strategic offensive weapons," Clinton said adding that Russian concerns over missile defense were "no surprise."
"We have persistently sought to explain to them [Russia] the purpose for missile defense, the role that we believe it can and should play in preventing proliferation and nuclear terrorism," she said.
Russian officials have said that the U.S. missile shield plans did not pose any threat to Moscow at the moment, but made clear Russia could pull out of the START treaty if their progress threatened the strategic balance of forces.
In contrast to Moscow"s worries, Washington"s biggest concern is the nuclear ambitions of countries like Iran or North Korea. North Korea has tested its own atomic weapons and the West suspects Iran of pursuing a similar goal. The United States say their missile shield plans are mainly meant
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