Russia, America and missile defense

Mikhail Tsypkin

Defense & Security Analysis, 2012, vol. 28, issue 1, 55-64

Abstract: Russia has sharply objected to US plans for ballistic missile defense. The Russian official explanation is that the real purpose of the US missile defense plan is to make it impossible for Russia to retaliate against a US nuclear (or massive conventional) attack, thus making Russia subject to military blackmail by the US. The Russian response has been the result of a sum total of various factors, mostly political and cultural, while the technical capabilities of the proposed system have played a secondary role.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2012.651379

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