The winds began to change that December, when the US announced that it was withdrawing from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, in order to build an antimissile defense system to protect itself from a potentially nuclearized Iran. This did not go unnoticed in Russia.
那年12月，风向开始转变，美国宣布它将退出反弹道导弹条约，目的是为了建设反导弹防御系统保护自己免受潜在核力量伊朗的威胁。这一举动没有逃过俄罗斯的眼睛。