Russia has placed nuclear Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, which borders Poland and Lithuania, according to reports in Russia’s Izvestia newspaper.<br /><br />Izvestia appears to be confirming German newspaper reports this weekend that missiles were visible near the Polish border on satellite imagery.<br /><br />The news of the advanced placement has caused alarm in the Baltic states, wary of Russian militarism after decades of dominance by the Soviet Union. <br /><br />Russia announced in 2011 that it would place missiles in Kaliningrad to counter Nato’s plans for a Western anti-missile shield. <br /><br />Nato’s system of radars and missiles aims to neutralise the threat from Russian missiles by intercepting them mid-flight. <br /><br />But Russia says the shield upsets the fine strategic balance, which has kept East and West locked in a nuclear stalemate since the end of the cold war.
