Teller Report

US General urged to try to better understand Russia

4/14/2019, 9:15:31 PM

US General Curtis Scaparotti called for closer contact with Russia in order to better understand each other’s capabilities and intentions. According to him, this will avoid the deterioration of relations.


“During the Cold War, we understood each other’s signals. We talked. What worries me is that today we don’t know them as well, ”the Associated Press quotes him.

According to Scaparotti, communication is “a very important part of deterrence,” although it “should not be much.”

Earlier, the head of the Strategic Command of the US Armed Forces, General John Heithen, said that the United States must participate in the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms with Russia.