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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will aim missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its planned defence system.
Mr Putin: Threat of new Cold War
He has threatened to return his country to its Cold War stance and has talked about the possibility - accidental or deliberate - of a nuclear war.
His comments come just before this week's G8 meeting of world leaders inGermany.
The US wants to place interceptor rockets on standby in Poland and set up a radar base in the Czech Republic.
"If a new missile defence system will be deployed in Europe, then we need to warn you today that we will come with a response," Mr Putin told The Times.
"We have to ensure our security and we are not the initiator of this process."
Mr Putin warned that the US deployment raised the propsect of accidental, or deliberate, nuclear war in Europe.
"We understand that the system of missile defence on the one side, and the absence of such a system on the other creates the illusion of being protected, and increases the possibility of unleashing a nuclear conflict," the Russian leader said.
Washington says it needs a missile shield to protect against an attack from the likes of North Korea and Iran.
But Mr Putin said Iran, which is striving to achieve nuclear status, did not have weapons that could threaten the US.
"There are no such missiles - Iran does not have missiles with the range," the President said.
Iran's top security official Ali Larijani said Washington's plans are "the joke of the year," adding: "The range of Iran's missiles doesn't reach Europe at all."
Mr Putin and US President George Bush will come face to face at the G8 summit in Germany this week in what is likely to be a frosty encounter.</div>
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I do love my country, here comes another Cold War.
Mr Putin: Threat of new Cold War
He has threatened to return his country to its Cold War stance and has talked about the possibility - accidental or deliberate - of a nuclear war.
His comments come just before this week's G8 meeting of world leaders inGermany.
The US wants to place interceptor rockets on standby in Poland and set up a radar base in the Czech Republic.
"If a new missile defence system will be deployed in Europe, then we need to warn you today that we will come with a response," Mr Putin told The Times.
"We have to ensure our security and we are not the initiator of this process."
Mr Putin warned that the US deployment raised the propsect of accidental, or deliberate, nuclear war in Europe.
"We understand that the system of missile defence on the one side, and the absence of such a system on the other creates the illusion of being protected, and increases the possibility of unleashing a nuclear conflict," the Russian leader said.
Washington says it needs a missile shield to protect against an attack from the likes of North Korea and Iran.
But Mr Putin said Iran, which is striving to achieve nuclear status, did not have weapons that could threaten the US.
"There are no such missiles - Iran does not have missiles with the range," the President said.
Iran's top security official Ali Larijani said Washington's plans are "the joke of the year," adding: "The range of Iran's missiles doesn't reach Europe at all."
Mr Putin and US President George Bush will come face to face at the G8 summit in Germany this week in what is likely to be a frosty encounter.</div>
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I do love my country, here comes another Cold War.
