Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia should resume the production of short- and medium-range missiles, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Putin presented his position at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
"It is known that today the USA not only produces these missile systems, but has already sent such missiles to Europe for exercises in Denmark,", noted the Russian president. He also said that the US had recently sent medium- and short-range missiles to the Philippines as well, and that it was not clear at this time whether the weapons in question were still on Philippine territory.
"In any case, we have to react to this and decide what to do next,", Putin pointed out. "It seems that we should start the production of these strike systems and then, based on the real situation, make decisions about where to deploy them if this is necessary to ensure our security," the Russian head of state explained.< /p>