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Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
V. ISACHENKOV a layered missile defense Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with defense nian and the North Korean
Associated Press system. Such systems have officials in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea nuclear missile threat just
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia already begun to enter the resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. President have served to cover up
will counter NATO’s U.S.-led military this year. And now Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will counter NATO’s U.S.- the true plans, and their
missile defense program by we are talking about de- led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons true task is to neutralize
deploying new strike weap- velopment of new types of capable of piercing the shield. nuclear potential of other
ons capable of piercing the weapons,” Putin said. nuclear powers, ... Russia
shield, President Vladimir His statement comes amid (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) in particular,” Putin said.
Putin said Tuesday. a severe strain in Russia’s “Regrettably, our concerns
Putin told defense officials relations with the U.S. and the massive Russian nuclear six world powers that has and cooperation propos-
that by developing defens- its NATO allies, which have arsenal. Putin argued Tues- curbed its nuclear program als haven’t been taken into
es against ballistic missiles plunged to the lowest point day that the U.S. has kept in exchange for relief from account.” Putin added that
Washington aims to “neu- since the Cold War over the working on the missile shield international sanctions. in the future Russia may also
tralize” Russia’s strategic crisis in Ukraine. For many despite Iran’s deal with “So, references to the Ira- work on the development
nuclear deterrent and gain years, the Kremlin has pro- of its own missile defense
a “decisive military superi- tested the U.S.-led missile systems, but will now focus
ority.” shield, voicing concern that primarily on commissioning
He said that Moscow will it could eventually become new strike weapons.
respond by developing capable of intercepting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
“strike systems capable of Russia’s nuclear-tipped Peskov said that Russia aims
penetrating any missile de- intercontinental ballistic to spend less on its missile-
fenses.” missiles, thus eroding the defense system than the
“Over the past three years, strength of the nation’s nu- United States has done.
companies of the military- clear deterrent. Washing- “The Russian president has
industrial complex have ton, in turn, has argued that repeatedly said that we are
created and successfully the shield was aimed to not going to follow the Unit-
tested a number of pro- fend off missile threats from ed States’ lead and spend
spective weapons systems nations such as Iran and stratospheric amounts on a
that are capable of per- North Korea and wouldn’t missile-defense system,” he
forming combat missions in be capable of dealing with told journalists.q
Violence spikes again in Jerusalem after 2-week lull
DANIELLA CHESLOW The train attack was remi- a security guard on a train. shoes. The boy was stripped On Tuesday, 13-year-old
Associated Press niscent of a similar case The guard was moderately to his underwear as the se- Ahmed Manasra went on
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Pal- from October when two wounded and shot the curity men shouted at him. trial before a Jerusalem
estinian boys, aged 11 and young Palestinian cousins younger assailant. Passen- Jerusalem had been rela- court over a stabbing last
14, stabbed and wounded stabbed two Israelis in east gers subdued the other, tively calm over the last month that fueled a high-
an Israeli guard on a train Jerusalem. That case be- police said. The wounded two weeks as the focus of a profile media war.
who responded by fir- came fodder for the ongo- boy was being treated at a two-month wave of Pales- Since mid-September, 12
ing and wounding one of ing war of words between hospital. An amateur video tinian attacks, mainly stab- Israelis have been killed in
them Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Palestinian and Israeli that surfaced on a Palestin- bings, shifted to the West Palestinian attacks, mostly
Israeli security forces killed governments and the trial ian website showed plain- Bank, where Israeli troops stabbings. Seventy-seven
two other Palestinians who of one of the attackers be- clothes Israeli security forc- have regularly clashed with Palestinians have been
carried out knife attacks, gan on Tuesday. es wrestling a young boy, Palestinian protesters. killed by Israeli fire, includ-
police said, as violence re- In the first attack Tuesday, presumably one of the at- Most of the Palestinian at- ing 50 said by Israel to have
turned to Jerusalem after a police said two young Pal- tackers, to the ground and tackers have been in their been involved in attacks or
two-week lull. estinian relatives stabbed taking off his clothes and late teens or early 20s. attempted attacks.q
