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Russia threatens strike on NATO site

Moscow strongly opposes planned US missile shield

By Mansur Mirovalev

 |  Associated Press  

  May 04, 2012

Russia’s top military officer threatened Thursday to carry out a preemptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield. Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov said, “a decision to use destructive force preemptively will be taken if the situation worsens.’’

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