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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Missile Defense Agreement


Briefing on the Missile Defense Agreement Between the U.S. and Poland
"...in the missile defense agreement, this is an agreement that covers things such as how the base would be operated, what the respective roles of the different parties would be and their rights; for instance, requirements that the United States has undertaken where we’ve committed not to conduct flight tests of the ballistic missile defense interceptors that would be stationed there out of that site. This wasn’t something we intended to do, but obviously this will fall on a populated area, so it’s an area of concern. Issues of command and control, protection of the environment, how access to the base will be governed, security of the base – things of that nature are covered in the ballistic missile defense agreement...."
Reference: www.state.gov

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