No Need to Get Excited

Comrade Putin said this week that continuing U.S. work and testing on an anti-missile system threatens Russia. He further said that the threat against which it is purportedly directed, Iran, why those folks would never harm a fly - no, no, no, no, no! 

www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/10/22/vladimir-putin-u-s-missile-defense-system-threatens-russia/

Although he has probably convinced our President, there is the troubling fact that Iran successfully tested an IRBM with precise control, as reported by the WSJ on October 12 - just 10 days ago. Hmm..

www.wsj.com/articles/iran-test-fires-new-missile-1444610450

Oh, and in June, 2015, just 5 months ago, Russia itself added 40 of its new SS-27 class of ICBMs replete with MIRVs and all sorts of goodies to make sure they get through to vaporize their intended targets. 

thediplomat.com/2015/06/russia-to-add-40-new-icbms-should-the-west-be-worried/

And then there's the little matter of Russia invading the Ukraine, annexing the Crimea and Georgia, threatening the Baltic countries, Syria, etc., etc., etc. 

Nope, nobody here but us nice peaceful folks, Mr. President, so you can put the shotgun away.