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| US may abandon missile shield in Eastern Europe |
| 2009-08-28 |
| [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 |
| #6 Why are we concerned with protecting Europe from Iranian missiles? I'll bet we are even footing the bill. Let Europe defend Europe. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-08-28 16:57 |
| #5 Strategy Page has a different take on this: The Russians are regretting their stand on this and looking for a way out. If the US will deploy a different type of missle, the Russians will declare victory and shut up. So the US is developing a land based version of the SM-3. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2009-08-28 11:48 |
| #4 Here is a good graphic of SM-3 development. Block 2 is designed to intercept anything less than a full on ICBM and even then I would give it good chance given enough warning time (i.e. w/ long range X band radar) |
| Posted by: ed 2009-08-28 08:49 |
| #3 Again, Iran Press TV. The X band radar is going up regardless. The question is whether GMD interceptors or Aegis and SM-3 will be installed in Poland. Eliminating GMD will make the KGB clique happy but SM-3 is more then enough to intercept Iranian or Russian missiles (blackmail) aimed at Europe and a heck of a lot cheaper. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-08-28 08:39 |
| #2 And Poland and Czech get screwed again. One wonders why they even bother trusting the West. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-08-28 08:24 |
| #1 There she is! The old 7:45 arriving at the station right on time. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-28 06:55 |
