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Missile defense system not aimed at Russia: US
WASHINGTON: The US missile defense system planned for deployment in eastern Europe is not aimed at Russia and will not pose a threat to its ballistic missiles, the US Missile Defense Agency chief said.
"The interceptors are directed toward rogue nations capabilities not obviously sophisticated ballistic missile fleet such as the Russians have," General Henry Obering told a telephone press conference.
"We are talking up to 10 interceptors that we are going to locate for example in Poland.
From that location and even working with the radar that we will put for example in the Czech Republic we cannot physically catch the Russian interceptors even if we were targeting or were trying to target those missiles," Obering told reporters.
The missile defense system, he added, "doesn't pose a technical threat to the Russian ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) fleet."
http://geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=1287¶m=2
WASHINGTON: The US missile defense system planned for deployment in eastern Europe is not aimed at Russia and will not pose a threat to its ballistic missiles, the US Missile Defense Agency chief said.
"The interceptors are directed toward rogue nations capabilities not obviously sophisticated ballistic missile fleet such as the Russians have," General Henry Obering told a telephone press conference.
"We are talking up to 10 interceptors that we are going to locate for example in Poland.
From that location and even working with the radar that we will put for example in the Czech Republic we cannot physically catch the Russian interceptors even if we were targeting or were trying to target those missiles," Obering told reporters.
The missile defense system, he added, "doesn't pose a technical threat to the Russian ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) fleet."
http://geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=1287¶m=2
