Even so, Russian and Western officials continue to spar over American plans to deploy ballistic missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic. In his speech in November to the Russian parliament on the state of nation, President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Russia would deploy short-range Iskander missiles in the Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad “to neutralize if necessary the anti-ballistic missile system in Europe.”
尽管如此，俄罗斯和西方的官员仍在美国计划在波兰和捷克共和国部署弹道导弹防御系统的问题上争吵不休。11月，梅德韦杰夫总统在对俄罗斯国家杜马的国情咨文演说中警告，俄罗斯会在加里宁格勒的波罗的海港口上部署短程的伊斯坎德尔导弹，“在必要时抗衡欧洲的反弹道导弹系统”。