Bush requests $720 mln for missile defense in Europe

The Financial Channel | Feb. 5, 2008 (News Report)

The U.S. administration is planning to construct a base for 10 two-stage missile interceptors in Poland, modify its X-band radar on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific and relocate it to the Czech Republic, and to deploy a new forward-based radar to an unspecified location Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., World, Politics
Topics: Bush Administration, European Union, Department of Defense, U.S. Budget
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 7, 2008 - 12:46 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Budgeted expenses for provocative military adventures is worthy news. The story does not address the probability if the system being successful at its stated task of intercepting ballistic missiles. Decades of history suggest a little cleverness in the offensive missile can have a good probability of defeating any defensive system.

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