Russia warns of response to any US weapons deployment in Greenland

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Feb. 4, 2026 Updated Feb. 5, 2026, 8:36 a.m. ET


A senior Russian official said Moscow is ready to respond with military measures if the United States follows through on its plan to deploy its Golden Dome missile defense program to Greenland.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, made the comments on Feb. 3 during a visit to China, according to Russian state news agencies. His comments came ahead of the expiration on Feb. 5 of the last remaining bilateral nuclear arms control pact between Washington and Moscow, known as the New START treaty.

"This is a new moment, a new reality − we are ready for it," Ryabkov said in Beijing. He didn't elaborate on what type of military response Russia might be considering to the U.S.'s missile defense plan for the Arctic island − an autonomous Danish territory − as New START expires, though he appeared to rule out an arms race. "I assure you, this is not going to happen," he said.

Russia's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for clarification on the matter. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Feb. 5 that Russia would continue taking a responsible approach to strategic nuclear stability, despite the expiry of the last nuclear arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/02/04/russia-greenland-trump-missile-defense/88505207007/

[quaint]

1. I thought Golden Dome was still a pipe dream.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. It is. Bigly.

[reACTIONary]

10. You are right, and....

.... the dreamer is tsf, so it's really just the concept of a pipe dream.

[SonOfNebanaube]

2. good

Park a few boomers there and hunt their subs.

[sakabatou]

3. "Let us punch you in the face. If you block, we'll punch you anyway!" -Russia

[pecosbob]

4. I used to hunt bears. These days I mostly find they have no teeth and I no longer respect or fear them.

[Cha]

5. This is Strange! Russia is going to

Save Greenland from the PEDO in the WH?!

Wow.. TY!

[EX500rider]

8. Nothing to do with that

They just don't want us deploying missile defenses there, the further north the anti-missile missiles' are, the better chance of intercepting Russian ICBM's.
Alaska will work for the west coast, Greenland would help for the east coast.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. "Oh Vlad doesn't really mean that..." DJT

[maxsolomon]

9. With what army?

You're a million men down in Ukraine, Vlad.

With what technology? Arctic Drones?

[Puppyjive]

11. Greenland was never a thing

When Donald decided he wanted to take over Greenland, no one knew where he got that idea from. I can tell you, it's coming from Russia. Russia is 100 steps ahead of Donald Trump. They are blackmailing him and Trump is terrified that he will go to prison for pedophilia and treason. Russia has the goods on Donald and they are flexing their might. Everything Trump is doing is benefitting Russia. We should be treating Russia as a complete and total enemy.

[AZ8theist]

12. Beyond the rhetoric from the Kremlin...

Putler, having shown the world the utter incompetence, corruption, collapse, and ineffectiveness of the Russian army in Ukraine,
is in no position to threaten any other area of the planet at this point.

And our advisaries used to call US a "paper tiger".

ALL of his propogandists are today's equivalent of "Bagdad Bob" from 2003.