Does Russia have a secret weapon against US attack
In 2007, Putin informed the Western world that Russia will develop a secret weapon to counter US advances. This was said in response to the US missile defense system that was being developed at the time (previously prohibited in international law. ) Russias countermeasure weapon is now almost complete. With the NATO missile defense system on Russias doorstep the threat to international security is very real; not that you would know it via mainstream media. In 2002, the United States unilaterally and without consultation, withdrew from the landmark AntiBallistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. President George W. Bush noted that the treaty is now behind us, describing the ABM Treaty as a Cold War relic. Signed in 1972, the ABM Treaty barred both the US and the USSR from deploying national defenses against longrange ballistic missiles. The treaty was based on the premise that if either superpower constructed a strategic defense, the other would build up its offensive nuclear forces to offset the defense. The
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