The Pentagon introduced the first in nine years, the report of the Ministry of defense, the U.S. missile defense program. The new strategy speaks of comes from China, Russia, Iran and the DPRK missile threat and possible methods of confrontation, including placing defense systems in the space and the installation of energy weapons on the drones. The States plan to install 20 additional ground-based interceptors in the territory of Alaska. In the Federation Council believe that the US is fabricating the threat to justify their own aggressive actions. Experts believe that the new military rhetoric need Donald Trump for the solution of political problems.

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The President of the United States Donald trump presented at the Pentagon for the first nine years of the review report of the Ministry of defense on the missile defense program.

“The world is full of unfair players, but we are good players. But we can be worse than any of them, if need be,” said trump during the presentation.

He said that the US plans to create a missile defence programme, which will be able to protect every city in the country. “We will never give up our right to it,” — said the head of the White house.

In turn, the Pentagon document called “regulatory framework, which gives priority to the protection of the nation from missile threats posed by present and future rogue States”.

“For several years, potential adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, developed new weapons, such as advanced cruise missiles, Intercontinental ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons. At the same time, the U.S. lagged behind in improving its own missile defense systems”, — stated in the message.

One of the key steps to ensure the security of the Pentagon called the increase by 50% the number of interceptors and land-based missiles. Thanks also to the 20 such complexes, their total number will increase from 44 to 64. The Ministry noted that these measures are able to protect against potential threats from North Korea and Intercontinental missiles to Iran, “if any, will appear”.

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Two dozen additional interceptors and land-based missiles will be placed at Fort Greely, Alaska.

The report says the threat to the United States and its allies from China and Russia. According to the authors, this States have a growing Arsenal of rockets of near and average range. The Pentagon also intends to prepare for the threat of Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons and advanced cruise missiles at the expense of nuclear deterrence and by introducing new technologies.

“Priority is given to the detection equipment is space-based, which is able to track and intercept missiles at the stage of acceleration”, — the document says. Subsequently, the missiles of the enemy intended to destroy with energy weapons mounted on UAVs or missiles “air — air”, placed on combat aircraft.

A means of interception, as said in the Pentagon, can become a tactical aircraft F-35 Lightning.

During the presentation of the document trump also added that the United States should share the costs for missile defense with allies.

“I made it clear, we are defending a lot of very rich countries… Many of them are so rich that they can pay us for the defense,” the President said. According to him, developed a plan contains a reference to the Pentagon to prioritize the sale of missile defense systems to allies and partners that they were capable of defense.

“Americans know how to fabricate facts”

USA impressed with Russian weapons and are now trying to justify emanating from him with the threat of its withdrawal from the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty). This view was expressed by first Deputy head of the international Committee of the Federation Council, the FSB General Vladimir Jabbarov.

“How would some of the experts they have no strutted, the Americans nonetheless understand that this is a real threat for them, in which case”, — quotes the words dzhabarova RIA Novosti. The Senator stressed that Russia’s position is to use a weapon solely for the purpose of defense.

According to dzhabarov, the statements of the USA about work on a new weapon was to be expected.

“The US has become very sharp to talk about the need to develop its defense industry, we expected it to be. Now they began to say that out of the INF Treaty, and justify it by the fact that Russia is “arming unprecedented,” — said dzhabarov.

Many of the announced U.S. measures can be considered an attempt to discharge tension, the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Bondarev.

“Even an extra layer of space-based sensors to detect missiles can be regarded as one of the components of the policy of tension”, — quotes Bondareva RIA Novosti.

He added that the strike weapon should not be placed in space because it “could lead to disaster”.

“We have always opposed the militarization of outer space. And is now taking a clear position: a shock weapon and never for that should not be based in space”, — Bondarev said.

The Senator noted that the United States of fabricating the threat to justify their own aggressive actions. According to a member of the Federation Council, updating the military strategy of the United States is constantly moving in the direction of building up offensive forces, even when we are talking about detection purposes.

“We know how the Americans are able to fabricate facts and turn everything on its head, to discern the threat of the blue and use it for their own alleged counter aggressive actions”, — concluded the Senator.

In the state Duma said that the US decision to place additional interceptors and land-based missiles in Alaska may be “the answer” Russia.

“I think this can be seen as the US response to the alleged threat from Russia. They see our military strategy and new developments, trying somehow to answer. But I doubt that in such actions there is a need”, — told RT the member of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Anton Morozov.

A former member of the U.S. house of representatives Ron Paul in an interview with RT said that does not observe the threats, which said at the Pentagon.

“Support of these initiatives a lot, especially from people who have it all to make. For many, this is expensive and impractical projects that will be financed at the expense of taxpayers. The MIC is very strong and influential,” said Paul.

He recalled that on the background of the new announced by Pentagon spending, the Congress can not agree on the funding wall in the southern United States.

“Now they can’t figure out whether to allocate $5 billion for the fence. At the same time there is a feeling that costs for VPK are not subject to the same painstaking examination,” — the politician concluded.

“I don’t want to see our offers”

A day earlier, the U.S. publicly admitted the possibility of developing weapons that do not meet the requirements of the INF Treaty. This possibility in Washington associated with “failure” of Russia’s obligations under the Treaty, which the US plans to suspend participation in the INF Treaty from February 2, 2019.

This process began in October 2018. Then, the United States formally announced its withdrawal from the INF Treaty, groundlessly accusing Russia of violating the agreement.

“Suspension means that we suspend our obligations under the contract. This means that we can drive the research and development of systems that were not previously allowed by the contract,” said 16 January, US Undersecretary of state for issues of arms control and international security Andrea Thompson.

The day before, on January 15 in Geneva hosted a meeting of Russian and American parties on the issue of unilateral U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty. The foreign Ministry said that Washington did not consider the presented arguments.

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“Our questions about why Americans do not want to see our proposals and the specific parameters of the rocket in person, remained unheard. Remained unheard and our suggestions in response to actions that we can take to dispelling us concerns, to obtain access to information relating to the problems that we experience in relation to compliance with the Americans this agreement. All this was swept away,” said foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Russian side noted that some American missile defence violates the INF Treaty. So, we are talking about systems Mk-41, which can launch cruise missiles, medium-range missiles.

Numerous statements by the US to withdraw from the INF Treaty and the subsequent updating of the strategy on missile defense suggests that this long-planned process, said associate Professor of the Department of political science of the Financial University under the government of Russia Gevorg mirzayan.

“The United States allegedly conducted negotiations with Russia regarding the fate of the INF Treaty, but there is a feeling that out of it they decided a long time ago and essentially. It is associated with a number of questions, most of which, oddly enough, is not directly connected with the Russian Federation”, — said mirzan in an interview with RT.

The U.S. position also indicates a desire for confrontation with China. “It is not part of the INF Treaty and able to develop their missiles. So they want to drive it into the framework of a new agreement, or hold with it an arms race” — the expert believes.

The political scientist Alexander Asaph suggested that Trump to compensate for the withdrawal of troops from Syria need declaratory action expressed in specific armed initiative.

“Trump needs some actions that will realize its not the Congress and his political opponents, and the electorate. Trump tells them that he is from the Russian missiles put the interception station. Thus he shows his attitude “I’m much tougher with Russia than Obama.” And this is part of his electoral program,” the expert said in an interview with RT.

The rhetoric against Iran and North Korea also need Trump to develop new arguments in the discussion of these States and allies of the United States, says Asaph.

“Trump was unable to become a peacemaker, and North Korea their views on the meeting with the American President. So he had to stand in a threatening position, we need new arguments. About Iran all it seems. He needs to understand his Israeli allies: the words spoken earlier about the fact that even if Iran is in Syria what he wants, not to guard the Israeli General staff and their investigation”, — concluded the expert.

However, Russia should not to worry, says Asaph.

“Trump is still a businessman, and this whole story is associated with the increase in the market sales of weapons, spending huge budget on new development and a new position for trading with Russia on new versions of all missile defense contracts. Perhaps, after the INF Treaty will attempt to denounce other treaties”, — concluded the expert.