leaving you in the capable
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keep it on fox business.
lou: good evening, everybody.
i'm lou dobbs.
russia today warned it will
direct its forces, including
icbm missiles toward any
european nation that receives
u.s. stockpiles of heavy
weapons and equipment, the
russians responding almost
immediately to reports the
united states have offered to
stockpile weapons and military
equipment in allied european
nations.
sufficient for some 5,000
troops.
the pentagon almost as quickly
responded with a milquetoast
quote of its own saying we have
no decision when or if to move
this equipment end quote.
vladimir putin raised the level
of his bellicose rhetoric and
announced the raising of the
number of russian
intercontinental ballistic
missiles by 40 this year.
putin says the new missiles are
capable of peerings any missile
defense system.
the threat and his announcement
certainly got the attention of