US confirms missile shield plans
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The US defence secretary confirms plans for a controversial missile defence shield in eastern 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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US contingency plans for possible air strikes on Iran include most of its military infrastructure, the BBC learns.
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The U.S. anti-missile system, a part of which is to be a radar to be stationed in the Czech Republic, will protect Europe, British Minister of State for Europe Geoff Hoon, said at a discussion organised staged ...Comment
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President George W. Bush said on Monday  said he hoped that a plan for U.S. and Russian experts to  analyze each other&#39;s proposal for a missile defense shield  would be beneficial.
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Russia's military is capable of firing missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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Poland expects to sign an agreement with the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S. anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Japan and the United States signed an agreement Friday on the details of their joint development of a ballistic missile defense system.
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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Britain is talking to the United States  about participating in a U.S. plan for a missile defense  shield, the government said on Friday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. would proceed with plans to build missile defense sites in Europe but might wait until it has 'âdefinitive proofâ' of a missile threat from Iran to activate them.
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Poland expects to clinch a deal with the  United States in February to host U.S. missiles as part of a  defensive shield in Europe, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski  said on Tuesday.
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The US president says a Europe missile shield is an "urgent" need as his defence chief hints at a delay.
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Proposals put forward by Washington to  ease Russian concerns over the planned missile shield in Europe  are "positive signs," a senior Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
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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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The US may delay activating its Europe-based missile defence shield, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.
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Investor's Business Daily - During a meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczynski, President Bush called the shield a &quot;symbol of our desire to work for peace and security.&quot; The U.S. wants to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the plan a threat and said he&#39;ll oppose missiles in Poland.