Posted on 03/02/2010 10:36:16 PM PST by 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.
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“...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.
The Poles always wanted those PAC-3 in Poland. Its the Obama Amdministration that tried to can it
yesucan-noicant-yesucan-noicant-yesucan-noicant.......
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