Poland approves revised US missile shield agreement

Space Daily ^ | 3/02/2010 | AFP via Space Daily

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Poland on Tuesday agreed to a new version of a deal on stationing an American missile shield, a government statement said, adding it would be aimed essentially at potential threats from Iran. Warsaw "accepts signing a protocol modifying the accord signed by the Polish and American governments on the installation on our territory of anti-ballistic missile interceptors concluded in Warsaw on August 20, 2008," it said.

In September, US President Barack Obama shelved a plan by his predecessor George W. Bush to deploy a missile shield in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic by 2013 that Russia had slammed as a grave security threat.

The US has insisted the system was in no way aimed against Russia, but aimed to counter potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states, notably Iran.

But Obama's team then said it wanted to deploy a new SM-3 anti-missile system in Poland and the neighbouring Czech Republic in 2015.

[Eyes Unclouded]

“...shelved a plan by his predecessor George W. Bush to deploy a missile shield in Poland”

I thought that the Polish had an election where the new government shelved this plan.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

The Poles always wanted those PAC-3 in Poland. Its the Obama Amdministration that tried to can it

[lonster]

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[piasa]

Britain Must Not Sacrifice Trident To Please Obama
Telegraph(UK) ^ | July 10th 2009
Posted on 7/10/2009, 11:01:42 PM by Steelfish

Britain Must Not Sacrifice Trident To Please Obama

By Nile Gardiner July 10th, 2009

Currying favour with Obama could leave Britain vulnerable

As the Telegraph has reported, President Obama has called for a 30-nation summit in Washington next March to discuss nuclear non-proliferation.

This follows a reckless preliminary agreement between Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow to cut America’s nuclear stockpile and delivery systems by up to a third, a deal which is stunningly good for the Russians but hugely damaging for America’s interests.

In the wake of the Moscow summit, Gordon Brown has hinted he may include scrapping or weakening the Trident nuclear deterrent as part of a global agreement on non-proliferation.

Eager to please the Obama White House, the Prime Minister has signaled his willingness to reduce Britain’s 160 warheads as well as the number of nuclear submarines. This will be music to the ears of left-wing Labour backbenchers eager to see Trident obliterated.

This is all premised on the ludicrous notion that rogue states such as North Korea and Iran will pledge to end their nuclear weapons programmes, despite not a shred of evidence they will do so.

It simply beggars belief that both Washington and London are seeking to reduce their defences at a time when key adversaries are seeking to acquire offensive nuclear capability, and are test-firing ballistic missiles left right and centre.

The Iranians already possess weapons that can strike southern Europe, and it won’t be long before they are capable of hitting the West too.

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