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Mísseis de cruzeiro dos EUA voltam à Alemanha e irritam a Rússia
July 12, 2024 - A Rússia está preparada para tomar medidas militares em resposta a uma decisão dos EUA de colocar mísseis de longo alcance na Alemanha pela primeira vez desde os anos de 1980
The U.S. and Germany said the “episodic deployments” were in preparation for longer-term stationing that would include SM-6, Tomahawk cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons with a longer range than current capabilities in Europe.
Such missiles were banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF), which was signed at the end of the Cold War and covered ground-launched missiles that could travel between 500-5,500km.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin felt it was too restrictive and in 2014 the U.S. accused him of violating the pact with a new type of nuclear-capable cruise missile.
According to a U.S. military official, the weapons will include a new launcher called Typhon, which is a modified 40-foot shipping container that can conceal up to four missiles that rotate upward to fire.
- US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow (BBC)
- Russia Vows ‘Military Response’ to U.S. Missile Deployments in Germany (NYT)
- Russia to counter 'threatening' US deployment of long-range missiles in Germany (Reuters)
- Russia vows response if U.S. puts longer-range missiles in Germany (Washington Post)
- Lockheed delivers first Typhon missile launcher prototype to Army (BreakingDefense)