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Russia Warns of Pre-emptive Strike Against NATO Missile Defences For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Tension is on the rise between Russia and the US over NATO's missile defense system. Moscow believes the system targets Russia and says it could use force against NATO. Russia said on Thursday that it may use pre-emptive force against the NATO missile defense system if it considers the threat of it growing. Russia hosted an international conference on missile defense in Moscow on Thursday. Russian army officials showed computer simulation models to illustrate how they believe the planned US and NATO missile shield threatens its security. [Nikolai Makarov, Russian Army Chief of Staff General]: "For the first time since the Cold War, on the European continent in close proximity to our borders, the deployment of military potential capable of making a negative impact on the effectiveness of Russian strategic nuclear weapons is being planned." NATO officials are hopeful an agreement with Russia will be reached before the NATO summit. But Russia believes their concerns are not taken seriously. [Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Defense Minister]: "Finding a mutually acceptable solution for the missile defense issue has so far proved to be impossible. The situation has effectively reached a dead end. It is planned that on May 20 at the NATO summit in Chicago it will be announced that the initial operational readiness of missile defense has been achieved. This will mean that ... From: NTDTV Views: 4169 16 ratings Time: 01:55 More in News & Politics