global antimissile defense system
US talks of cooperation with India on anti-missile shield
Submitted by MichaelVail on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 6:48pm.
NEW DELHI: Noting that India needed an anti-missile defence, the US today talked about the possibility of cooperation in developing such a shield.
"We understand India's needs for an anti-missile shield," visiting Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he held talks with his counterpart A K Antony.
U.S. and Czech Republic near agreement on installation of radar system
Submitted by MichaelVail on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 6:33pm.
President George W. Bush and the leader of the Czech Republic said Wednesday that they were close to agreeing on a plan for the United States to install an early-warning radar system in the Czech Republic, a key component of a missile defense system that has drawn stiff opposition from Russia.
NATO reviewing technical aspects of US missile shield: chief
Submitted by MichaelVail on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 6:33pm.
NATO is looking into how a planned US missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic could relate to the alliance, on both technical and political levels, its secretary general said Friday.
Cold War Heats Up: U.S. defense system in Poland "threat to Russia" says expert
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 6:36pm.
MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The missile defense elements the U.S. plans to deploy in Poland could be used as shock weapons, and present a real threat to Russia, a Russian military expert said on Thursday.
"The antimissile missiles the U.S. plans to deploy in Poland are capable of flying along a ballistic trajectory, and can be considered a shock weapon. They can easily be equipped with special warheads and are fairly precise," Professor Vladimir Zavaly, a missile defense expert, told RIA Novosti.

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