INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Germany starting in 2026 to act as a deterrent.Moscow criticized the move, accusing Washington of taking a step toward a new Cold War.The
Kremlin warned over the weekend that the deployment of American missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian
a military conflict with Russia..
stationed in the western Kaliningrad region, which is wedged between NATO members Poland and Lithuania and cut off from the rest of
do everything necessary to cast aside those who may be harboring aggressive intentions and who are trying to provoke us into certain steps
cruise missiles to Germany after a 20-year absence
The United States deployment of Pershing ballistic missiles in West Germany during the height of the Cold War in the 1980s prompted
widespread demonstrations, with hundreds of thousands coming out in protest.Washington continued stationing missiles through the
reunification of Germany and into the 1990s
But following the end of the Cold War, the United States significantly reduced the number of missiles stationed in Europe as the threat from
full-scale invasion of Ukraine.AFP contributed reporting.
