DEVESELU, Romania, May 12 (Reuters) - The United States will switch on a $800 million missile shield in Romania on Thursday, part of an umbrella from Greenland to the Azores against Iranian rockets that Russia aims to knock out its nuclear weapons. "We are not meddling in anything that could perceived as potentially destabilizing," said Douglas Lute, the United States' envoy to NATO. Russia is incensed at such of show of force by its Cold War rival in formerly communist-ruled eastern Europe. The Kremlin says the shield's aim is to neutralize Moscow's nuclear arsenal long enough for the United States to strike Russia in the event of war. The readying of the shield also comes as NATO prepares a new deterrent in Poland and the Baltics, following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Source: Huffington Post May 12, 2016 02:33 UTC