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Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-15 20:16

MOSCOW -- A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a US missile defense battery exposes Russia to attack, the Interfax news agency reported.

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Poland and the United States on Thursday signed a deal for Poland to accept a missile interceptor base as part of a system the United States claims is aimed at blocking attacks by rogue nations.

"Poland, by deploying (the system) is exposing itself to a strike -- 100 percent," Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff, was quoted as saying.

He added, in clear reference to the agreement, that Russia's military doctrine sanctions the use of nuclear weapons "against the allies of countries having nuclear weapons if they in some way help them." That would include elements of strategic deterrence systems, he said, according to Interfax.