{"id":70098,"date":"2018-10-24T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/24\/putin-says-russia-will-target-nations-hosting-us-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:52:33","slug":"putin-says-russia-will-target-nations-hosting-us-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/10\/24\/putin-says-russia-will-target-nations-hosting-us-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin says Russia will target nations hosting US missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that would host them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stern statement follows U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement over the weekend that he intends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/19\/us-reportedly-poised-to-abandon-key-arms-control-treaty-with-russia\/\" target=_blank>opt out of a 1987 nuclear arms control pact <\/a>over alleged Russian violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin said he hoped the United States wouldn&#8217;t follow up by positioning intermediate-range missiles in Europe. Such a move would be a repeat of a Cold War showdown in the 1980s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union both deployed intermediate-range missiles on the continent, the Russian leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/10\/02\/us-nato-envoy-warns-russia-to-halt-new-missile-development\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18191456510004.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US NATO envoy warns Russia to halt new missile development<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. envoy to NATO on Tuesday said that Russia must halt development of new missiles that could carry nuclear warheads and warned that the United States could \u201ctake out\u201d the system if it becomes operational.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If they are deployed in Europe, we will naturally have to respond in kind,&#8221; Putin said at a news conference after talks with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. &#8220;The European nations that would agree to that should understand that they would expose their territory to the threat of a possible retaliatory strike. These are obvious things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued: &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why we should put Europe in such a grave danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I see no reason for that,&#8221; Putin said. &#8220;I would like to repeat that it&#8217;s not our choice. 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(Alexander Zemlianichenko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The INF treaty signed in 1987 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev prohibited the U.S. and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying ground-launched nuclear cruise and ballistic missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pact was lauded as a major safeguard for global security since they eliminated shorter-range missiles that take only a few minutes to reach their targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/23\/one-nuclear-treaty-is-dead-is-new-start-next\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-488885979.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">One nuclear treaty is dead. 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