Russia Threatens to Target U.S. Missile Sites in Norway
Russia said the launchers can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles and warned the sites and command centers in Norway could become targets.
- On Monday, Russia condemned the U.S. deployment of an advanced missile system to Norway, saying the move dealt a further blow to prospects for U.S.-Russia talks on strategic nuclear stability.
- The Russian Foreign Ministry identified the system as using Mk-41 launchers, which can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of reaching a substantial part of European Russia, including Moscow.
- Russia will pay "particular attention" to these deployment sites as potential military targets, the ministry said, adding that such deployments "reset to zero" conditions for constructive dialogue.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the military build-up "cannot but be perceived as a threat to Russia's security," while a pro-Russian hacker group called Server Killers declared "cyberwar" on Norway.
- Separately, the Kremlin criticized Norway's plans to expand its Finnmark brigade in the Arctic, while the Foreign Ministry called U.S. proposals for multilateral negotiations involving China "unrealistic.
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Russia Threatens ‘Additional Measures’ Over Norway's Howitzers, US Missiles Near Its Border
Norway says the war in Ukraine proved long-range strike systems are essential to modern defense, while the Kremlin called Norway’s expanded military presence a threat to its security.
Moscow will take security measures in response to Norway deploying four K9 Vidar howitzers in the east of its territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to TASS. The Russians are irritated by the howitzers, even though they have a range of about 40 kilometers and Oslo has deployed them more than 200 kilometers as the crow flies from the border with Russia.
A warning that comes as tension grows along the entire northern flank of the Alliance, from the Kola Peninsula to the Russian-Norwegian border, and while on the western front Germany accuses Moscow of a growing campaign of hybrid war
Russia has threatened to target American Tomahawk systems in Norway
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a warning to Norway following reports that a system capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles had been deployed in the country, describing this as destabilising actions by NATO.
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