Elements of the proposed US missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic will track Russian military activities, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Czech President Vaclav Klaus today.
"These systems will monitor Russian territory as far as the Ural Mountains if we don't come out with a response," he told Mr Klaus, who is on a visit to Moscow. "And we will indeed do this. Anyone would."
"We will not get hysterical about this. We will just take appropriate measures," he said.
Russia views the US scheme to base 10 missile interceptors in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic from 2012 as a major threat to its national security.
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Washington said the system is needed to defend against so-called rogue states.