Obama Admin cancells missle defence shield for Poland on the 70th anniversary of the USSR's invasion of Poland in WWII.

Thank god, now therres less of a chance for Russians to go berserk and to set off all their nukes onto everything.

Sure - you can always trust the Russians to do what you'd expect.

If the Russians have no agressive intentions, why would they care about a defensive system?

I think it has something to do with reputation and influence.

Whether missile shield was a good idea or not is one thing but this is not good in terms of instilling confidence in America. It puts a lot of countries in a very awkward spot and may even force them to appease the Russians (because any resistance without US support would lead to their capitulation).
With the missile shild put on hold, Obama better have a good replacement lined up because the Russians are not putting on a very nice face about this whole thing.

Hey, I thought this missile-turkey shoot was for them damned arabs, not them damned commies?

But it pissed off the Russians anyway and I think regardless of who it was really intended for, its capability against a Russian aggression was always in the plans as well.

Correct me if im wrong, but werent there ten of those anti-ICBM missiles, right?

You know, I doubt it would have done much against Russia if they got a grab of their vodka and started invading. I was under the impression that their nuke stockpile was about i dont know more than a few thousand warheads?

Regardless, the Russians were pissed about it. Severely.