President Putin has warned the US that its deployment of a new anti-missile network across Eastern Europe would prompt Russia to point its own missiles at European targets and could trigger nuclear war.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with The Times, the Russian leader says: \u201cIt is obvious that if part of the strategic nuclear potential of the US is located in Europe and will be threatening us, we will have to respond.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis system of missile defence on one side and the absence of this system on the other . . . increases the possibility of unleashing a nuclear conflict.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Russia has been alarmed at America\u2019s plans to install a network of defences in Eastern Europe to shoot down incoming missiles it fears that Iran might launch<\/p>\n