United States abandon plans to deploy ABM in Europe
The White House decided to postpone the deployment of anti-missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, projected by the George Bush administration, Wall Street Journal reports.
President Barack Obama has already informed the Czech Prime Minister, Jan Fischer, about abandoning the plans to deploy in the Czech Republic a radar of the new missile defense system of the U.S.
Russia has consistently opposed the deployment of missile defenses in Europe, arguing that such objects violate the strategic balance of forces in the region and threaten its security.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the refusal to deploy anti-missile defence in Europe is conditioned by the fact that the threat from Iran appeared to be less than the White House initially anticipated.
In August of 2008 the U.S. signed an agreement with Poland on placing missile interceptors in the Baltic Sea and with the Czech Republic on building a radar station on its territory. The station was expected to launch in 2012.
According to the official version, it was necessary to protect European allies and American forces against possible attacks from Iran and other countries. According to the AP, Pentagon chief Robert Gates today officially will announce about rejection of plans of U.S. missile defense system deployment in Europe.
President Barack Obama has already informed the Czech Prime Minister, Jan Fischer, about abandoning the plans to deploy in the Czech Republic a radar of the new missile defense system of the U.S.
Russia has consistently opposed the deployment of missile defenses in Europe, arguing that such objects violate the strategic balance of forces in the region and threaten its security.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the refusal to deploy anti-missile defence in Europe is conditioned by the fact that the threat from Iran appeared to be less than the White House initially anticipated.
In August of 2008 the U.S. signed an agreement with Poland on placing missile interceptors in the Baltic Sea and with the Czech Republic on building a radar station on its territory. The station was expected to launch in 2012.
According to the official version, it was necessary to protect European allies and American forces against possible attacks from Iran and other countries. According to the AP, Pentagon chief Robert Gates today officially will announce about rejection of plans of U.S. missile defense system deployment in Europe.
