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...
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....
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...
President-elect Barack Obama has spoken with Polish President Lech Kaczynski about the Bush Administration's commitment to spend several billion dollars putting 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. The controversial plan is certainly a big deal in Poland, but...
In his first State of the Nation speech, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced his nation's plan to counter America's missile defense system being built in Poland and the Czech Republic. Iskander missiles will be deployed to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad,...
US General Henry Obering is "very concerned" this week as Polish lawmakers still haven't ratified August's deal to host a US interceptor missile base in Northern Poland. The base, ostensibly aimed at preventing Iranian missile strikes but being built well outside of...
Russian General Nikolai Solovtsov suggested today that US missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic could become targets for Russian ICBMs in the future. The general said Russia "is obliged to take corresponding measures" to ensure the credibility of its...
