Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
Quote Originally Posted by chaika
The old ABM treaty itself stated that neither side would deploy any ABM systems just so the MAD principle could persist.
Okay. Now the US states that it has new threats (Iran, North Korea, etc) so it has constructed the ABM facility. This facility already shatters the principle of MAD.
The principle of MAD is designed to work with rational people.
N Korea & Iran are not exactly rational so new strategy is adopted.

Also I have to tell you.
After spending considerable time in Russia, I have found that Russian newspapers and TV News and statements from Putin and Medvedev (and even TV History shows) concerning America and Western countries are often aggressively negative and simply fictitious. I can only surmise, that they are designed to manipulate and steer the populace to some destination, for some reason.