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Cruality
08-14-2008, 10:05 PM
- Poland and the United States will sign a preliminary deal to place part of a U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Poland -- a plan that has drawn sharp objections from Russia, the Polish president's office confirmed Thursday to CNN.

The Bush administration has long pushed to base missile interceptors in Poland. The interceptor rockets would be linked to an air-defense radar system in the Czech Republic, whose officials agreed in April to take part in the system.

Both countries are former Soviet satellites but now are members of the U.S.-led NATO alliance. The United States' plans to base the anti-missile system in Eastern Europe have raised alarms in Russia.

Moscow has mounted serious opposition to the missile shield plan, although the United States has insisted it is designed to counter threats from the Middle East and is not an aggressive move against Russia.

The United States has also agreed to help Poland modernize its military, which it requested as a condition of its support for housing the missile defense system.

Thursday's agreement comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Russia over Moscow's invasion of Georgia, a U.S. all

CNN


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Here comes the U.S. missile defense system! Perfect defense system placement you ask me, with naughty russia nearby. THe U.s. will also be helping Poland modernize its military, which could be a good thing for a future allie.

HolX
08-15-2008, 01:52 AM
Here's some more information on it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7561926.stm

I think this is a good step for the U.S. It's necessary to have missile defense systems all over the world. It's a strategic game, the more defensive points around the entire globe the better the U.S. position on any future drama. We should install these missile systems in many more countries who seek to defend themselves from harm. The U.S. now needs to start concentrating on lunar bases and missile defense systems, and continue the spread into Space.

HollowStem
08-20-2008, 06:11 PM
Here's a more recent article on the same thing, Russia is pretty pissed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7573409.stm

HollowStem
08-20-2008, 06:23 PM
This is a must see explanation and visual diagram of how it will
work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5106762.stm