Progress on Missile Defense

weeklystandard.com     08-Jul-2008            

Voice of America reports that the United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement to implement a missile defense shield. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed a deal to build a radar station southwest of Prague, which will be part of a missile-defense system the United States says is aimed at shooting down missiles that may be fired from Iran or North Korea. Besides the tracking radar system in the Czech Republic, the United States plans to deploy 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. Washington wants the sites to be in operation by 2012. Talks are reportedly also under way to station up to 250 American troops in the Czech military base in Brdy, to service the radar station. But the agreement faces major political hurdles. The accord has to be ratified by a... [read full story]                    

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Russia, U.S. presidents to discuss security, missile shield plans

rian.ru     06-Jul-2008          

MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian and U.S. presidents will discuss security, U.S. missile shield plans for Europe, trade and energy issues at their meeting in Japan, an aide to the Russian president said on Sunday....                    

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Russia, U.S. in deadlock over missile shield as G8 starts in Japan

rian.ru     07-Jul-2008          

TOKYO, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - The presidents of Russia and the U.S. discussed the countries' long-running dispute over Washington's plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe on the first day of the G8 summit in Japan....                    

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U.S. top diplomat to sign missile deal in Prague

rian.ru     07-Jul-2008          

WASHINGTON, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice starts a European tour on Monday with a visit to the Czech Republic to sign a missile shield agreement, and will later travel to Bulgaria and Georgia....                    

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Polish top diplomat to discuss missile shield with McCain, Obama

rian.ru     07-Jul-2008          

WARSAW, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - Poland's foreign minister has flown to the United States for talks on the deployment of U.S. interceptor missiles on Polish soil with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain....                    

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Rice seeks to tighten links with Prague

reuters.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaves on Monday for the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Georgia and perhaps Poland on a trip that illustrates their deepening U.S. ties despite Russia's objections.                    

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Russia calls U.S. missile shield proposals 'vague, unacceptable'

rian.ru     08-Jul-2008          

MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - A top Russian general said on Tuesday that U.S. proposals intended to soothe Russian concerns over a proposed U.S. missile shield in Central Europe are vague and contain too many unacceptable...                    

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U.S. and Czechs sign missile defence deal

tiscali.co.uk     08-Jul-2008          

By Arshad Mohammed and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defence shield in the central European state despite...                    

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U.S. and Czechs sign missile defence deal

reuters.com     08-Jul-2008          

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defence shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War...                    

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US and Czechs sign missile defence deal

ft.com     08-Jul-2008          

PRAGUE JULY 8 The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defence shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master...                    

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Russia warns against US-Czech missile shield

ft.com     08-Jul-2008          

By Neil Buckley in Moscow and Jan Cienski in Warsaw Russia warned on Tuesday night that it would be forced to make a military response if elements of the planned US missile defence system began to be deployed in the Czech...                    

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