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Russia to build reliable nuclear and space defense to struggle with new enemy
11/10/2005 15:59
The USA has been using the preventive defense strategy in the world for years already
There is at least one day in a year, when President Putin acts as the Russian Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Putin demonstrated the qualities of the top defense official yesterday during his speech at the Defense Ministry. It seems that Russia will have to deal with the problem of another potential enemy in the nearest future.
Putin particularly said that Russian Armed Forces should be trained and prepared to guarantee global stability and defend Russia against any attempts of military and political pressure and blackmail. "Unfortunately, one can see such political methods in today's foreign policies run by certain countries," Putin said.
Russian Minister for Defense, Sergei Ivanov, expanded on Putin's remark and said that the use of military force had already become a continuing trend in world politics. The minister stated that the variety of threats to international and national security was growing in the world. However, Ivanov did not highlight the threat of international terrorism, like he traditionally did before. "Russia should not only strike blows against terrorists, but take other preventive measures not to let various threats appear before there is a need to take extreme actions to neutralize those threats," the Russian Defense Minister said. ...