Obama Changes Course on Missile Shield
Obama Changes Course on Missile Shield | New system to be deployed further south
Report: Obama Poised to Scrap Eastern Europe Missile Shield
Report: Obama Poised to Scrap Eastern Europe Missile Shield | Pentagon insists no final decisions made
Obama Offers to Abandon Missile Shield for Russian Help With Iran
Obama Offers to Abandon Missile Shield for Russian Help With Iran | Long-rumored trade now a concrete offer
Clinton Assures Poland of US Commitment
Clinton Assures Poland of US Commitment | Poll Shows Most Poles Didn’t Want Base Anyhow
Poland Presses US to Keep Missile Shield Pledge
Poland Presses US to Keep Missile Shield Pledge | Foreign Minister claims base needed against Russian missiles
US Missile Shield in Europe Would Cost Billions, Probably Wouldn’t Work
Despite the growing harm being done to US-Russian relations by the proposed US missile defense system in Poland, Obama Administration officials maintain that it is vital to defend against the Iranian “threat.”
But in addition to having cost over $144 billion since 1985, a growing number of reports put into doubt whether the system would even [...]
Polish President Warns Obama Not to Abandon Missile Defense
Though Polish President Lech Kaczynski conceded that the planned US missile defense base was not vital “from the point of view of our security from so-called rogue states,” he demanded that President Obama go through with the deal signed by President Bush.
Citing the reports that the Obama Administration was offering to abandon the controversial missile [...]
NATO Backs Missile Shield Over Russian Protest
NATO foreign ministers today praised America’s planned missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic as making a “substantial contribution” to protecting Europe from long-range ballistic missiles.
The United States insists that the shield is primarily directed at the threat of long-range Iranian missiles, though both the missile base and the radar station are well [...]
Georgia Blames Russia in Reported Shooting at Saakashvili Motorcade
After a reported shooting near a motorcade taking Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and visiting Polish President Lech Kaczynski to the Ossetian border, the Georgian government issued a statement claiming Russian soldiers fired the shots from 30 meters away.
President Saakashvili said the attack was aimed at the two leaders, and underscored the “unpredictable people” the Russian [...]
Gates Hits Out at Russian Missile Deployment
After a NATO meeting in Estonia, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates condemned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over a plan announced last week to deploy missiles to Kaliningrad to counter an American missile defense base being constructed in Poland.
Secretary Gates said the move, announced just hours after the US election, was designed to intimidate President-elect Barack [...]
