We will not accept that U.S. vessels equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System operate in our part of the Arctic, head of the Russian General Staff says.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended yesterday’s ceremony to launch the country’s fourth Borei-class ballistic missile submarine in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk.
After 20 years of cooperation on nuclear safety, the days could be counted for the Nunn-Lugar program. The program, which the United States funds with some $500 million annually, has been a key source for scrapping of nuclear subs and withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Barents Russia.
