America needs a very strong army to be prepared for possible threats in the future. Russia is one of those “future threats,” the new Pentagon head Roberts Gates said. “We need a full set of measures to conduct a war, including both special military units necessary for war against terrorists and infantry troops to be able to fight against large regular armies. We do not know what changes can take place in such countries as Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and others,” Robert Gates stated.
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George W. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as “axis of evil” in January 2002. Five years later, when Saddam Hussein’s regime no longer exists, the US administration is still concerned about possible enemies. Moreover, Russia and China have been included on the list of potential unpredictable rivals for the USA, in the same line with North Korea and Iran. Unlike the previous potential enemies, the new ones possess large armies.
Does it mean that the USA is getting ready for an armed conflict with Russia and China – two huge countries that have nuclear weapons at their disposal? Russian military specialists believe that Gates publicly declared the USA’s intention to stand in an opposition with Russia and China. “Robert Gates specified USA’s potential enemies. His speech has most likely been coordinated with the White House and therefore mirrors the official stance of the US administration,” retired colonel-general Eduard Vorobyov told the Vremya Novostei newspaper.
Russia and the USA may launch another arms race some time in the future. The Pentagon does not take only verbal actions to attack Russia. The USA has recently deployed radar stations near Russia’s borders within the scope of the US air defense program.
Missile Defense Agency director Henry Obering said several days ago that the USA completed the redeployment of a sea-based X-band radar from Hawaii to Adak, in the Aleutian islands. The islands are located close to Russia's Kamchatka region. The radar is about 100 meters long and 65 meters wide, rising 25 meters up above the platform. General Obering said that the sea-based radar would help defend the USA and its allies against attacks of ballistic missiles.
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