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Duty? where would they be in. >> it's possible. i think they would be in the military district opposite the baltic states. >> if putin has his missiles at kalingrad, it is wedged between poland and lithuania where putin has a massive naval base and tens of thousands of troops. but he promised his american interviewer he would never use the new weapons unless provoked. >> we have two reasons. the first is a nuclear attack against us. or an attack against the russian federation using conventional weapon ts. >> the new weapons he claims to know developing includes a xroom has unlimited range and ...

Unimagined drone that could carry a nuclear weapon to florida. >> u.s. officials downplayed the russian show of force calling it cheesy. but at the same time, there are reports the trump administration is ramping up the missile defense to counter putin's threat. analysts say he has cleverly maneuvered this stand-off to box this president trump. >> if we don't respond in kind, to show that we're capable of respond an attack like that, we look weak. and that i think putin has forced donald trump into a position where he either looks soft on russia, which might be because of election related acti...

But the u.s. and its allies are themselves being aggressive in eastern europe right now to counter putin. is that what you're hearing? >> they sure are, wolf. nearly 1,000 u.s. troops now heading to poland in the next few months. they're going to be placed in a town that is only a few miles away from where russia might attack nato at some point if it does so. and the british are sending about 800 troops over to estonia. many people believe right now we're already in the middle of a full-fledged cold war with vladimir putin. >> brian todd reporting for us. brian, thanks very much. jim sciutto, ...

Syrian chemicals dispute. harry reid, the senate majority rejected that proposal. john boehner, the speaker of the house said he didn't want the meet with these russian dignitaries who were going to come over. have you learned anything than proposal? >> you know, we've been pressing officials at ketcham all day, was that your idea? was it your idea for the russian lawmakers and others to come over here and meet with american lawmakers? we have not gotten an answer from them on that. this is certainly the kind of thing they would do, they would advocate for this, they would push for it, they wo...