U.S. Reassures Poles on Russia Missile Defense Role

U.S. Reassures Poles on Russia Missile Defense Role

"...U.S. President Barack Obama has scrapped Bush-era plans for radar and interceptor missiles in Eastern Europe that Moscow saw as a threat to its own security and has invited Russia to join a revised blueprint that involves shorter-range interceptors. ..."

Reference: www.themoscowtimes.com .

U.S. Affirms Plan to Deploy Missile Interceptors to Poland

U.S. Affirms Plan to Deploy Missile Interceptors to Poland

"...yesterday reaffirmed his intention to deploy U.S. missile interceptors in Poland as part of NATO missile defense efforts, the White House announced..."

Reference: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org .

Critics call Poland Patriot missile plan a symbolic gesture

Critics call Poland Patriot missile plan a symbolic gesture
"...U.S. Army Europe officials were in Warsaw working on the agreement shortly before Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Poland last month in the wake of the White House decision to change the Bush administration’s missile defense plan. Biden reassured Polish leaders that the new plan — although scrapping putting long-range missile interceptors in Poland — did not leave the country out of the loop. And he announced that a U.S. Patriot missile battery of about 100 soldiers would soon arrive on Polish soil...."
Reference: www.stripes.com

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