As the United States became more and more rampant in its nuclear deployment, "Typhon" arrived at China's doorstep and went to Denmark with "belongings" to show off its force in military exercises. In this regard, Russia can't bear it anymore, and Putin has already thought of countermeasures. But before that, we have to see China first.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
A few days ago, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China will pay state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan upon invitation, and attend the SCO summit at the same time. The Kazakh side expressed the hope that China and Kazakhstan can take the opportunity of this summit to jointly determine the future direction for the development of bilateral relations and promote cooperation between the two sides in political, economic, cultural and other aspects.
The issue between China and Kazakhstan has attracted widespread attention from the international community, but also on Sino-Russian relations. Since Russia is also a member of the SCO, a number of foreign media predict that the Chinese side will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Only a month and a half after the last high-level meeting between China and Russia, President Putin visited China on May 16, and the two sides reached a series of consensuses.
You must know that Sino-Russian relations have now reached an unprecedented height, and the two sides have held many constructive meetings. At the time of meetings of multilateral organizations, in most cases, "small meetings between China and Russia" will be held "one-on-one" and relevant topics will be discussed in detail. Combined with the current situation, foreign media speculate that it is likely to be related to Russia's latest military decision.
Russian missiles
A few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will resume the manufacture of medium and short-range missiles, and plans to deploy them around the world, which may include US allies in Asia or European members of NATO. He stressed that this is a response to the decision of the United States, which has now begun to produce land-based intermediate-range missiles, completed the deployment of intermediate-range missile systems in the Philippines, and has also begun missile exercises in relevant European countries.
Putin mentioned that in 2019, Russia had made a commitment that as long as the United States does not produce or deploy intermediate-range missiles, then Russia will not take corresponding actions. As early as 1987, after the Cold War, the United States and Russia reached the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty," but later the United States unilaterally tore up the treaty, and a new round of arms race began between the two countries.
The United States has now produced the relevant equipment and arrived in Denmark with weapons for exercises, which naturally caused Russia's dissatisfaction. "We need to respond to this and decide what to do next." Putin's intention has been very clear, Russia will not delay or ignore the US military threat because of the current war with Ukraine, and Russia will take corresponding measures against all US military operations.
U.S. President Joe Biden
It has been learned that there is no arms limitation agreement between the United States and Russia today, except for the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty" mentioned earlier, as well as the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty." But last year Putin already announced the suspension of the treaty. The United States responded that it would stop exchanging data on nuclear forces with Moscow.
Originally, nuclear data between the United States and Russia was exchanged every six months, not only to ensure that the two "nuclear giants" knew about each other, but also to play a certain role in easing the arms race. After all, if the two countries know the roots, they will also have a relatively smooth production plan for their own nuclear weapons production, but once the data exchange between the two sides is over, they will worry that the other side will be superior in nuclear forces, and they will naturally start to riveting relevant weapons, which greatly increases the risk of global nuclear war.
Today, the United States' repeated military deployments have caused quite a stir in the international arena, especially its "Typhon" medium-range missile system deployed in the Philippines. You must know that the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile has an extremely high precision strike capability and can deploy a variety of tactical nuclear warheads or conventional warheads. Its range is about 1000 to 3000 kilometers, which is enough to cover key military bases or strategic targets in hostile countries. More importantly, the Typhon missile uses advanced stealth technology and high-speed maneuverability, which can effectively evade the enemy's anti-missile system.
Its deployment in military bases in the Philippines poses a serious threat to China's security and is even a security threat to the entire Asia-Pacific region. Now, Putin has decided to "retaliate with a tooth for a tooth" and made such a major decision, so it is natural to "ventilate" with China.
The United States deployed the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile in the Philippines
After all, China and Russia can now be called "talking about everything", and when Putin visited the DPRK before, the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" reached by Russia and the DPRK was once improperly extended by Western countries, deliberately hyping up the relations between China, Russia and the DPRK. Russia directly summoned the Chinese ambassador to Russia to inform China of all the relevant details of the Russian-DPRK contract, so Western countries speculated that China and Russia will once again discuss the existing military decisions at this SCO meeting.
Under the current international situation, the United States has tried its best to firmly contain China and Russia, but for China and Russia, the power politics of the United States is unacceptable. The various actions of the US side will only force China and Russia to further unite and stand firm in the global arena.