Frist: Europe missile-defense site needed
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged President Bush on Friday to intensify efforts to put interceptor missiles at a site in Europe to protect against potential attacks from Iran.
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Russian opposition to a U.S. proposal to build a missile defense system in Poland stems from Moscow's hopes to regain influence over its former satellite, the prime minister said Tuesday. The comments by Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski came a day after a Russian general warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host U.S. missile defense bases.
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For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. And...
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JINCE, Czech Republic  - Once a frontline Soviet base, the Brdy military complex could host part of a planned U.S. anti-missile shield and local residents feel they are back in the firing line.
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Â· Bush 'apeing Soviet Union with missile shield' planÂ· Tactic may scare off EU states from hosting bases
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Russia may point missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin says.
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Pentagon space shield plan raises stakes with Russia - and local Czechs.
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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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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic  -- The United States might delay activating its proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has ''definitive proof'' of a missile threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
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Poland wants a bilateral pact and   improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first   ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its   defense minister said on Wednesday.
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The Bush administration wants deals by the end of the year for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe, but getting the Czech Republic and Poland to go along with that timetable could be difficult.
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The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium &#151; The top U.S. missile defense official warned Thursday that the ballistic threat from Iran and North Korea was rapidly growing and defended Washington's plans to base parts of its anti-missile shield program in Central Europe.
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U.S. and Polish officials said on Tuesday they believe they can strike a deal which would allow U.S. missiles to be installed in Poland as part of a defensive shield for Europe.
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PRAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defence  system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make  the world unstable, says Philip Coyle, senior advisor to the  independent Centre for Defence Information in Washington, and  expert on worldwide military research, defence and security  policy.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.