Russia says it will respond if US places missiles in Japan
On Wednesday, russia warned that the united states placing missiles in japan would jeopardize Russian security and provoke a retaliatory response from Moscow. japan and the united states want to develop a coordinated military strategy for a potential taiwan emergency that includes the use of missiles, according to a report published on sunday by Japan's Kyodo news agency.
According to the plan, the united states would send missile units to the philippines and the Nansei Islands in the southern prefectures of Kagoshima and Okinawa, according to anonymous U.S. and Japanese sources.
According to the plan, the united states would send missile units to the philippines and the Nansei Islands in the southern prefectures of Kagoshima and Okinawa, according to anonymous U.S. and Japanese sources.
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, charged that japan was using the taiwan crisis to support the enlargement of military relations with Washington.
"We have repeatedly warned the Japanese side that if, as a result of such cooperation, American medium-range missiles appear on its territory, this will pose a real threat to the security of our country and we will be forced to take the necessary, adequate steps to strengthen our own defense capability," she continued.
According to Zakharova, tokyo may examine Russia's revised nuclear policy, which was released last week and broadened the range of situations in which it would consider deploying nuclear weapons, to have a sense of what such actions would involve.
"We have repeatedly warned the Japanese side that if, as a result of such cooperation, American medium-range missiles appear on its territory, this will pose a real threat to the security of our country and we will be forced to take the necessary, adequate steps to strengthen our own defense capability," she continued.
According to Zakharova, tokyo may examine Russia's revised nuclear policy, which was released last week and broadened the range of situations in which it would consider deploying nuclear weapons, to have a sense of what such actions would involve.
Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, stated on monday that if the united states sent short- and intermediate-range missiles to Asia, russia would think about sending them there as well.
In response to a question about that claim, Zakharova said that since half of Russia's land is in Asia, any Russian missiles that may be stationed east of the Urals would be in that area.
In response to a question about that claim, Zakharova said that since half of Russia's land is in Asia, any Russian missiles that may be stationed east of the Urals would be in that area.
She claimed that by deploying land-based medium and shorter-range missiles throughout the globe, moscow has made it abundantly evident to the US and its "satellites" that russia would retaliate forcefully and symmetrically.
After russia launched the Oreshnik, a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile, at a target in ukraine last week, she said the West shouldn't be skeptical of Russia's capabilities.
After russia launched the Oreshnik, a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile, at a target in ukraine last week, she said the West shouldn't be skeptical of Russia's capabilities.