Russian president alerts of brand new arms race

Al Jazeera writes that at a 2009 arms conference, Vladimir Putin said Russia had to keep producing nuclear weapons to keep pace with WA, so that it couldn’t simply do "whatever it wants". Russian President Medvedev has taken that a step further in pronouncing that if NATO cannot reach agreement with Russia regarding the continental missile defense system, a new arms race might be the result. Medvedev wants equal partnership with NATO on the project, or it will presume the worst.

Russia 'very grave' about brand new arms

Medvedev’s comments indicate that he does not take the thought of a brand new arms race lightly. He said it was a "very grave" scenario. Working with NATO to possibly for a missile defense system was something Medvedev seemed to really want to do.

Yet Russia and NATO are at an impasse concerning which nations pose a nuclear threat, accounts Al Jazeera. Of course the United States is really concerned about Iran and North Korea. Those nations are "relatively harmless within the near future," based on Russia though. The missile defense system is something Russia is worried about as it could rain nuclear missiles and bombs if it ever became offensive. The AFP news organization spoke with Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer who said that President Medvedev would like for making sure the NATO-aligned missile defense shield will never hit Russia in a legally binding agreement.

Now we see Batman and Robin

The notion that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is actually in charge is what Dmitry Medvedev's firm countered although Putin speaking in Lisbon made it seem like he was leading to what Medvedev was going to say. This is what Al Jazeera's Moscow correspondent Neave Barker said. United States of America documents released by WikiLeaks suggest that Putin is Batman and Medvedev is Robin leaving Medvedev not on top when starting a brand new arms race.

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Al Jazeera English

english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/11/20101130124811926553.html

Coverage of Medvedev address by Russia Today

youtube.com/watch?v=9pduEpB8cgs