Mar 22, 2018

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MMXVIII Vol. 233 - March 22 2018



Putin and Trump Arms Meeting



"The presidents spoke in favor of developing a practical interaction in various areas, including the issues of strategic stability and combating international terrorism. In particular, the sides emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts in limiting the arms race," Kremlin said, commenting the phone conversation held by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory in the presidential elections in Russia. The phone conversation took place at the initiative of the American side, according to Moscow.

Following the phone call Donald Trump said that he was going to meet with the Russian president in "not too distant future."

"We had a very good call and I suspect that we will probably be meeting in the not too distant future to discuss the arms race… to discuss Ukraine and Syria and North Korea and various other things," Trump said.

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US President Donald Trump said he will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the not too distant future to discuss an arms race that Trump called “out of control.” He also congratulated Putin on his election victory.
Trump answered a question about Putin as he was holding a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House.
“We will be meeting in the not too distant future to discuss the arms race which is getting out of control,” Trump said, expanding on the content of the phone call with Putin.

He reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining America’s military spending.

“We are going to remain stronger than any other nation in the world by far,” he said. “We will never allow anyone to have anything close to what we have.”

At the proposed meeting, they would also discuss Ukraine and North Korea, Trump said.




Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a softer tone towards the West on Monday after winning his biggest ever election victory, saying he had no desire for an arms race and would do everything he could to resolve differences with other countries.

Putin's victory, which comes at a time when his relations with the West are on a hostile trajectory, will extend his political dominance of Russia by six years to 2024. That will make him the longest-serving ruler since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and has raised Western fears of spiralling confrontation.

But Putin, 65, used a Kremlin meeting with the candidates he soundly defeated in Sunday's election to signal his desire to focus on domestic, not international, matters, and to try to raise living standards by investing more in education, infrastructure and health while reducing defence spending.

“Nobody plans to accelerate an arms race,” said Putin.

“We will do everything to resolve all the differences with our partners using political and diplomatic channels.”

His comments, which are likely to be heard with some scepticism in the West following years of confrontation, mark a change in tone after a bellicose election campaign during which Putin unveiled new nuclear weapons he said could strike almost any point in the world.


The arms race is already underway, but it is only Russia, it is a unilateral procedure. Chase only Russia, she has no partner. And chase alone is kind of silly,» said the expert.

However, according to another military expert, Konstantin Makienko from the Center for analysis of strategies and technologies — Russia will be difficult to respond to increased American spending on defense for bureaucratic reasons.

The reaction to this increase from Russia will not follow. Even if it is. In Russia programming in the state program of armaments is at least 10 years, well, five. Budget programming — for three years», — he explained.

If every political, military-political, economic event to respond, then there is no programming to build the impossible. Russia will spend on defense in accordance with their plans that exist or are about to be created», — said Makienko.

Chief editor of the magazine «arms Export» Andrey Frolov agree with him. According to him, Russia has reduced budget, and defense spending will also decrease. The expert believes that the state arms program also as a result will be approved at minimum level.



Late last week, during his annual speech to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a raft of new and exotic military weapons systems that were in development, and in some cases ready to be deployed. Putin’s inventory included an enormous, new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile known as “Sarmat”; new maneuverable re-entry vehicles that will, in theory, be fitted onto Russian ballistic missiles to help them overwhelm American missile defenses; a nuclear-powered cruise missile apparently able to fly for thousands of miles just feet above the surface of the earth; and a nuclear-armed underwater drone potentially able to lay dormant and then sneak close to an adversary’s coastline to a deliver a strategic blow in minutes. Putin also mentioned developments in hypersonic missile technology and even a possible future laser weapon.

All these new military developments, which Putin presented in an aggressive tone that included a video animation of advanced warheads falling on Florida, were quite clearly aimed at the United States. The choice of that American state, the home of President Donald Trump’s private club, Mar-a-Lago, hardly seemed like an accident. Putin appeared to be responding directly to Trump’s nuclear posturing and bluster, as well American plans to deploy increasingly capable anti-missile defenses. ...

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A readout of the Tuesday phone call released by the Kremlin described the discussion as “oriented toward overcoming the problems” between the U.S. and Russia.

“The leaders said they would work to develop practical cooperation in various directions, including in questions of assuring strategic stability and fighting international terrorism,” the Kremlin said. “Among other things, the need to coordinate efforts to limit an arms race was discussed.”

The proposal for a face-to-face follows Russia’s annual State of the Union address earlier this month in which Putin introduced new defense measures including a nuclear-powered cruise missile allegedly capable of reaching “any point in the world.”

 
  
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