U.S. Anti-Missile System for Central Europe?
The U.S. is negotiating to set up an anti-missile system on Polish and Czech soil The United States is investing billions of dollars a year in a Missile Defense Initiative (MDI) system, which would combine long-range radars and ballistic rockets to detect and shoot down missiles carrying nuclear, bacteriological or chemical warheads. Full Story Here
The official U.S. stance is: the system will protect it and its allies from missiles that could be fired from North Korea, Iran or other " rogue regimes."
Russia's official stance is: "Our analysis shows that the placing of a radio locating station in the Czech Republic and anti-missile equipment in Poland is a real threat to us,"
Russia, sees the shield as weakening its own security and has warned Warsaw it could take unspecified measures if it is built in Poland.
Polish and U.S. diplomats say Russia's main concern is that the shield might weaken its nuclear deterrent and disturb the military balance in Europe.
I wonder what, if anything this has to do with China's new found capability to destroy satellites with ground missiles? I have no idea if the new U.S . system can even do this (prevent Chinese missile from destroying our satellites), but it is the first thought that came to my mind, not the 'officially stated" uses noted above. Just throwin it out there for ya.
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