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EUROPEU.S. missile defense system gets boost A U.S. proposal to base a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic moved ahead Feb. 19 with both countries indicating agreement as a top Russian general warned that the plan could prompt Moscow to target the former allies with its own missiles. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and his Polish counterpart, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, indicated after meeting in Warsaw and that they were ready to work out the conditions under which the U.S. would put 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, Russian missile forces chief Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said the U.S. move would upset strategic stability in the region. He warned that Russian missiles could target Poland and the Czech Republic if the former Warsaw Pact allies opt to host bases in the latest of a series of increasingly bellicose statements from Moscow.
The Japan Times Weekly: Feb. 24, 2007 |
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