The shield was installed on the borders with Russia: radars in the Czech Republic, missile batteries in Poland and Romania. But it was not enough: in August 2019, Washington carried out a new rupture, that of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (inf , for its acronym in English)6, for the elimination of medium and short-range missiles (between 500 and 5,500 kilometers), from which Russia also immediately withdrew. It was a treaty that had served to eliminate the possibility of nuclear confrontation on European soil and that now, after its breakdown, predicted new confrontations.

All these issues exacerbated the Phone Number List and led to Vladimir Putin's installation, in response, of missile batteries in Kaliningrad, the modernization of the Russian nuclear arsenal and the announcement of the launch of new hypersonic missiles capable of penetrating the shield. without being detected. That is to say, a new arms race began due to the aggressive policy carried out by the United States in complicity with NATO ., which, in addition, reopened the possibility of a nuclear confrontation in Europe.



This situation has continued until today. With the arrival of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States , there was criticism and attitudes of contempt towards his NATO partners and a shift in the foreign policy of the White House, which focused its interest on Southeast Asia with an eye toward China. This brought its powerful military machinery to that region and to strengthen the military bases located around China. The Asian power is a country that Washington fears, because in a few years it will surpass the US in GDP and is the world's leading exporter of manufacturing. It has also increased its military spending to rank second, after surpassing Russia in the world ranking.