Nato wary on joint missile shield
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Nato reacts cautiously to a Russian proposal to form a joint missile defence system with the US.
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Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe loomed large at talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts.
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The United States is moving forward with missile shield talks with Poland and the Czech Republic, as it explores the idea of a joint radar base with Russia, NATO and US officials said Thursday.
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NATO defence ministers agreed on Thursday to explore building a "bolt-on" anti-missile system that would plug gaps in a planned U.S. shield in Europe.
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NATO led criticism on Monday of  President Vladimir Putin&#39;s latest attack on a planned U.S.  missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead  of a Group of Eight (G8) encounter with Putin this week.
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Moscow is not prepared to bargain over  Kosovo or Washington&#39;s plans for a missile shield in Europe and  the West must understand this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei  Lavrov said on Monday.
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Russia says it may target missiles at Ukraine if it joins Nato and deploys the US missile defence shield.
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Germany's defense minister on Friday urged more talks within NATO on the U.S. plan to locate elements of an anti-missile shield in Europe which has raised tensions between Russia and the United States.
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - Germany stepped up calls on Friday for NATO talks on creating a missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.
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"Decisions that have consequences for all of Europe must not be allowed to undermine European unity"  A senior Council of Europe official warned Monday that U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe could undermine the continent's unity.The Czech Republic has agreed to start negotiations on building a radar base southwest of Prague, while Poland is considering a proposal to host interceptor missiles.'The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions,' said Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden, who chairs the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe. Read more
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NATO's secretary-general has warned that a proposed U.S. missile defense system risks splitting the alliance between those the program would protect and those it would not, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Russia has "absolutely" nothing to fear  from a planned U.S. anti-missile system in central Europe, NATO  Supreme Allied Commander John Craddock said on Friday.
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NATO said on Monday it was very concerned at Russia's decision to suspend participation in a landmark treaty limiting armed forces in post-Cold War Europe amid growing tension over a U.S. missile shield.
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NATO planners gave a withering assessment of the West's defense arsenal on Tuesday, saying their forces are sometimes unable to talk to each other on the ground because costly defense systems are not compatible.
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NATO was expected to discuss on Thursday possible extension of a planned U.S. missile defense to the alliance's vulnerable southeastern flank and may express interest in Kremlin proposals for cooperation in the shield.
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The US may delay activating its Europe-based missile defence shield, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.
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BRUSSELS : NATO remains on alert to protect the Olympics from extremists, even if no incidents have occurred and the perceived threat remains low as the Games move into their last few days, an official said.