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2008-08-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Turkey looking for a Missile Shield to protect Ankara, Istanbul

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Posted by 3dc 2008-08-13 12:16|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Getting nervous about Iran... or Russia?

Posted by DarthVader 2008-08-13 12:50|| 2008-08-13 12:50|| Front Page Top

#2 So, is an ABM system the price for the air corridors needed for US humanitarian flights to Georgia? Heh.

Russia, wouldn't want to be ya.

Posted by mrp 2008-08-13 13:13|| 2008-08-13 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 The short flight time combined with the ease of truck-bomb delivery just makes this seem silly to me.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-13 13:45|| 2008-08-13 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 They freak the russians out bigtime. So they can't be all that bad. Maybe that's the whole point of them.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-13 13:55|| 2008-08-13 13:55|| Front Page Top

#5 So what happens when a bunch of these smaller countries get an effective missle defense? It seems to me that sopme of the ones feeling threatened and some of the ones who are threatening will change sides. Whole new ball game.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-08-13 16:32|| 2008-08-13 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe we should tweak that a little.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-13 18:48|| 2008-08-13 18:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Russians are big time paranoid anyway. That would have them on medication.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-13 18:49|| 2008-08-13 18:49|| Front Page Top

#8 What's the downside, #7 bj? ;-p

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