{"id":1267,"date":"2015-03-01T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2015-03-01T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T15:59:43","slug":"russia-says-ready-to-repel-and-retaliate-any-nuclear-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/russia-says-ready-to-repel-and-retaliate-any-nuclear-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says ready to repel and retaliate any nuclear strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian military chief says the country’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are ready to defend the country against any possible \u201clightning-speed\u201d nuclear strike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SMF Central Command chief said, a retaliatory strike would take place in all circumstances, \u201cwithout hesitation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s a challenge to repel a lightning-fast nuclear in any given conditions \u2013 it will be done in fixed time, that\u2019s dead true,\u201d<\/em> the Strategic Missile Forces Central Command\u2019s chief, Major-General Andrey Burbin, told Russian News Service on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s strategic missile forces are positioned geographically in such a way that no global strike can knock them out completely, Burbin said.<\/p>\n

Referring to the geographic position of Russia\u2019s missile units, the major general said it will protect them from demolition by \u201cany global strike,\u201d adding that 98 percent of the SMF systems would be new in 2020.<\/p>\n

\"Russia-S-500-Missile\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The comments come against the backdrop of a recent boost in NATO\u2019s military presence near Russia\u2019s borders. In 2014, NATO forces held some 200 military exercises with the Western military block\u2019s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg promising that such maneuvers would continue.<\/p>\n

Stoltenberg has recently announced that NATO would immediately be establishing command and control units in six eastern European countries.<\/p>\n

Russia has condemned NATO\u2019s exercises and military buildup toward its borders on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n

Relations between Russia and NATO strained after Ukraine\u2019s Crimea re-integrated into the Russian Federation following a referendum on March 16, 2014.<\/p>\n

NATO ended all practical cooperation with Russia over the ensuing crisis in Ukraine last April.<\/p>\n

In December 2014, Moscow approved an updated version of the Russian military doctrine which considers the NATO military buildup as a major foreign threat against Russia\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n

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