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| U.S. radar deployment plan in Caucasus threatens Russia's security: expert |
| 2007-03-03 |
| U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile radar in the Caucasus affect Russia's national security, former commander of the Russian Air Force Anatoly Kornukov said Friday. "I cannot say what kind of radar it will be -- surveillance or sector radar. More likely, it will be surveillance radar. In any case, southern regions of Russia will be within their range, and this cannot but concern our military," Kornukov was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying. "More likely Americans will place the radar in Georgia or in Azerbaijan, as these countries can become potential targets for Iranian missiles," Kornukov said. Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Lieutenant General Henry Obering said in Brussels Thursday that Washington wanted to base an anti-missile radar in the Caucasus. But he declined to specify which country would host the radar. The United States said the planned defenses would not be aimed at Russia but were intended to defend against missile attacks from countries such as Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "U.S. radar deployment plan in Caucasus threatens Russia's There - fixed that for ya'. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-03 14:19 |
| #2 The US could turn around and say 'yeh an, what ya gonna do bout it?!' well what are they going to do about it? Nothing, and they should be grateful that there is a superpower defending the world, for all the economic aid the US gives Russia. |
| Posted by: Devilstoenail 2007-03-03 13:17 |
| #1 I think the hollering the Russians are doing on this is the genuine proof of how far gone their military is. Their efforts to defeat the original, 25-years-ago Star Wars technology broke the Soviet Union, and in Russia's present condition to try again would do far worse than break it. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-03 10:37 |