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US may abandon missile shield in Eastern Europe
[Iran Press TV Latest] The US President Barack Obama is planning to abandon a plan to deploy elements of a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, reports say. "The signals that the generals in the Pentagon are sending are absolutely clear: as far as missile defense is concerned, the current US administration is searching for other solutions than the previously [planned] bases in Poland and the Czech Republic," said Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, a Washington-based lobby group, the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza said on Thursday. Ellison participated in a conference last week on missile defense where Pentagon officials explained their defense industry plans to executives. According to the daily, the Boeing Corporation had proposed an alternative to the land-based system, where the interceptor missiles would be based on ships. "During the conference, generals never mentioned the original plan concerning Poland and the Czech Republic," said Ellison. According to him, Washington is considering the Boeing plan, in addition to being interested in deploying the missiles in bases in Israel or Turkey or possibly in the Baltic States. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-28 |
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