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Russian defense minister says U.S. missile defense in Europe meant to weaken Russian deterrence
AP ^ | November 28, 2006

Posted on 11/28/2006 5:18:38 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

The planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Europe is intended to weaken Russia's capacity for deterrence, the defense minister said, according to a report Tuesday by the Interfax news agency.

"We are told that this system is allegedly intended to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. But Iran has no missiles of this class and is unlikely to obtain them in the foreseeable future," Interfax quoted Ivanov as saying in Belarus' Soyuznoye Gosudarstvo magazine.

Washington is in negotiations with Poland and Czech Republic, former communist states that now belong to NATO, as it explores where to set up a missile defense site in Eastern Europe. The site would be the first of its kind outside U.S. territory, and American officials say it could also defend Europe against any intercontinental-range missiles developed by states such as Iran and North Korea.

"The U.S.-declared threat, which can allegedly be countered by the system under development, is only an attempt to cover up efforts to change strategic stability and to weaken Russia's deterrence potential," Ivanov said.

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