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The issue is an urgent one as NATO gets ready to hold a summit in Chicago and formalize its commitment to missile defense in Europe. Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other ...
May 17, 2012 at 23:58 | Source: NPR News
NATO's chief says the alliance now has interim ballistic missile defense capability in Europe, a move that is likely to further heighten tensions with Russia over its objection to a missile defense shield. "It is the first step towards our long-term goal ...
May 21, 2012 at 07:11 | Source: WPTZ.com
Although alarmist, the Rumsfeld Commission report provided an inducement to Congress to pass the National Missile Defense system in March 1999 calling for a homeland defense against “limited missile attack.” At that time, it was understood that U.S ...
May 20, 2012 at 07:34 | Source: The Epoch Times
France's new president said Sunday that Russia and other countries should not feel threatened by the planned NATO missile defense system. Speaking at the NATO summit in Chicago, President Francois Hollande laid out four conditions for French ...
May 21, 2012 at 01:06 | Source: San Francisco Gate
... fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile defenses and commissioned a new early warning radar, the Defense Ministry said. The first launch of the new missile was performed at the Plesetsk launchpad ...
May 23, 2012 at 11:20 | Source: Daily Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. plans to give Israel the extra $70 million that Jerusalem asked for this year for short-range missile defense, officials said Thursday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said President Barack Obama had directed him to fill ...
May 17, 2012 at 17:10 | Source: Washington Post
House budget writers are taking a far less aggressive stance on national missile defense programs than their colleagues in the House Armed Services Committee, either matching the Pentagon’s funding requests or providing smaller spending increases.
May 15, 2012 at 23:39 | Source: Navy Times
Defending the National Defense Authorization Act’s efforts to build East Coast missile defenses against MAD-men poison-pill amendments wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
May 16, 2012 at 18:45 | Source: Weekly Standard
reiterating that the shield is not threatening the Russian national security. “NATO missile defense is not directed against Russia and will not undermine Russia’s strategic deterrence capabilities. NATO missile defense is intended to defend against ...
May 20, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: RIA Novosti
WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon arguments that the facility is unnecessary and Democratic complaints that the nearly $5 billion project amounts ...
May 10, 2012 at 07:10 | Source: Arizona Daily Star