On Tuesday the State Department approved the sale of $3.9 billion in patriot missile systems to NATO-member Romania after prior Russia warnings that such actions could be met with severe reprisals.
The announcement, issued through the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is sure to be a huge shot across the bow following on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s earlier unambiguous words (issued in May) regarding further NATO build-up in the large Balkan country:
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jul 12, 2017.
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