{"id":85967,"date":"2024-07-30T16:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/07\/30\/will-russia-deploy-offensive-missiles-capable-of-striking-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:12:23","slug":"will-russia-deploy-offensive-missiles-capable-of-striking-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/07\/30\/will-russia-deploy-offensive-missiles-capable-of-striking-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Russia deploy offensive missiles capable of striking Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BERLIN \u2014 Russia plans to deploy offensive missiles within striking distance of Western Europe if the United States follows through on its promise to deploy similar capabilities in Germany in 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While attending celebrations for Russia\u2019s Navy Day on Sunday, Putin said<\/a> that his country would take \u201cmirror measures to deploy\u201d these weapons, which may be able to carry nuclear warheads, \u201ctaking into account the actions of the United States, its satellites in Europe and in other regions of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin pointed out the perceived threat that American plans to deploy medium-range missiles to Germany by 2026 pose to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe flight time to targets on our territory of such missiles, which in the future may be equipped with nuclear warheads, will be about 10 minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House on July 10 said<\/a> that the U.S. was planning to \u201cbegin episodic deployments\u201d of conventional missiles to Germany in 2026. The statement added that \u201cthese conventional long-range fires units will include SM-6, Tomahawk, and developmental hypersonic weapons, which have significantly longer range than current land-based fires in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t