The Republic of Crimea is reliably protected by modern, state-of-the-art anti-missile systems that can not only neutralize any "missile surprise", but also deliver a crushing blow in response. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the Deputy head of the Public chamber of the region Alexander Formanchuk on Wednesday, November 25.
"The territory of the Crimean Peninsula is now reliably protected by modern, state — of-the-art anti-missile systems that can not only effectively neutralize the threat, but also, if necessary, deliver a crushing response," Formanchuk said.
He stressed that if "someone thinks that Russia will leave all this without attention" and will not be ready to repel this kind of threat, "they are mistaken."
According to the Deputy head of the Crimean OP, such behavior of the us military was not a surprise, <url> notes.
Formanchuk added that provocations against Crimea have become more frequent recently.
"Unfortunately, we are witnessing a further deterioration of international relations and the international situation. And the topic of Crimea is a convenient reason for escalating such provocations," he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Forbes magazine wrote that on November 19, the US military moved two HIMARS long-range missile systems to Romania from Ramstein air base in Germany, fired several missiles, and then safely returned the combat vehicles to the base in Germany.
The authors of the article believe that this was a "message" for Moscow. They claim that the us army in Europe has "restored its long-range firepower" and wants " the Russians to know this."
In early August, the head of the Pentagon, mark Esper, said that the United States is regrouping its forces in Europe to move to the borders of Russia. According to him, Washington is going to strengthen the "deterrence" of Moscow and therefore is increasing its military presence near the Russian borders.
On the same day, the head of the Federation Council's international Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, said that the build-up of the US military presence in Europe entails a degradation in the security sphere on the continent.