MOSCOW, Russia (NBC) – Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered his generals to respond in kind after a new U.S. missile test.
Last Sunday, the U.S. tested a new version of the Navy’s Tomahawk Cruise Missile.
The U.S. test comes after both the U.S. and Russia withdrew from the 1987 intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty.
The U.S. blamed Russia for its withdrawal saying Russia was violating the treaty anyway.
Friday, Putin said the U.S. is waging a propaganda campaign against Russia. He ordered the defense ministry to prepare a “symmetrical answer.”
He said the launcher the U.S. used for the test was similar to those at a U.S. missile site in Romania.
Putin has voiced concerns before over the U.S. missiles being used as focused on ground targets and not on intercepting missiles as the U.S. has explained.
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