"...Some will see the plan for a new missile shield as a tacit admission that America has rejected the risky option of launching air attacks on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, and given up hopes of deterring Iran from building a bomb..."
Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk .
Russian military calls US missile defense a threat "...Russian officials at first reacted calmly to U.S. plans to deploy Patriot missile systems in Poland, but have grown increasingly critical in recent weeks.
And Romania last week approved a proposal to place anti-ballistic missile interceptors in the country as part of the revamped American missile shield...."
Reference: bostonherald.com .
Drill to help US design missile shield
"...Results of the Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise staged by Israeli and American forces, which will come to an end this week, will be used by the US Defense Department to help formulate a new NATO missile shield..."
Reference: news.google.com
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National missile defense "...a generic term is a type of missile defense: a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The missiles could be intercepted by other missiles, or possibly by lasers. They could be intercepted near the launch point (boost phase), during flight through space (mid-course phase), or during atmospheric descent (terminal phase)...."
Reference: en.wikipedia.org Tag Under:
Define: Missile Defense.
A missile defense test fails in Japanese waters "...on Nov. 20 the test of a missile shield being developed with the United States to protect against possible attacks from North Korea has ended in failure. ..."
Reference: rfdesign.com .
