Anti Missile Bases in Central Europe

Russia considers military presence in Cuba

upi.com     04-Aug-2008   47 related          

Published: Aug. 4, 2008 at 2:25 PM MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A Russian analyst says the country may re-establish a military presence in Cuba in response to a U.S. move to put anti-missile defenses in Eastern Europe. Leonid...                    

Anti-Missile Radar Defenses in Czech Republic Help Europe, U.S., Experts Say

cnsnews.com     04-Aug-2008          

Monday, August 04, 2008 By Kevin Mooney, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) - The new radar system being installed in the Czech Republic, with the cooperation of the United States, will help existing anti-missile defenses in the United...                    

PM: Poland-U.S. talks on anti-missile shield to take more time

xinhuanet.com     01-Aug-2008   1 related          

WARSAW, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Talks with the United States on its plan to build an anti-missile shield in Poland can take more time because of the forthcoming U.S. presidential elections, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said...                    

Russian bears brandish beer boycott [Brew Ha Ha: what’s all of the fuss about beer?]

noodlesandrice.com     31-Jul-2008   1 related          

The Czechs are serious about their beers, so serious that they routinely beat out fellow beer lovers Ireland and Germany in per capita beer consumption. Now, in a foreign policy spat stemming from the Czech Republic’s recent...                    

Cuba, Russian Bombers And Shadows of Khrushchev

threatswatch.org     29-Jul-2008   9 related          

Rather than with armored thrusts and counter-thrusts on the plains of Europe, the United States and the former Soviet Union waged the Cold War through violent and stability dislocating proxy wars, unseemly regional alliances,...                    

Poles keep bidding, while Russia threatens

cbw.cz     28-Jul-2008   3 related          

“We have got an opportunity to free ourselves definitely from the centuries-old influence of Russia in this region. … The opinion that we need Patriot missiles for our safety is not quite fitting, as the guarantee of safety for...                    

Czechs Maintain Opposition to U.S. Defence Shield

angus-reid.com     27-Jul-2008          

As the two countries come closer to signing a deal, a majority of people in the Czech Republic continue to reject the construction of an anti-missile radar base for the United States on Czech soil, according to a poll by CVVM....                    

Honorable Exit From Empire (Pat Buchanan)

yahoo.com     25-Jul-2008   7 related          

Pat Buchanan - As any military historian will testify, among the most difficult of maneuvers is the strategic retreat. Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, Lee's retreat to Appomattox and MacArthur's retreat from the Yalu come to...                    

Gorbachev fears new Cold War over US missile shield: report

freerepublic.com     25-Jul-2008          

LONDON (AFP) — The United States risks starting a new Cold War by proposing to build a missile shield in central and eastern Europe, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said in comments published here Wednesday....                    

Russia 'may use Cuba to refuel nuclear bombers'

guardian.co.uk     25-Jul-2008   202 related          

Russia is said to be considering the use of bases in Cuba as a refuelling point for its nuclear bombers, in a move reminiscent of the 1962 missile crisis. Citing a "highly placed military source", a report in Monday's Izvestiya...