Russians: START Covers Antimissile Defense Systems

From gatewaypundit.com - They Told Us the START Treaty Could Not Wait – It Had to Be Signed Before Christmas– The Obama Administration insisted that passing the START Treaty would not impact the US antimissile defense systems. They were wrong. The Russian Parliament announced this week that the START Treaty includes limitations on the US antimissile defense systems. The State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) plans to confirm the link between the reduction of the strategic offensive arms and the restriction of antimissile defense systems’ deployment in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed between the US and Russia, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs says. More here

Russians: START Covers Antimissile Defense Systems