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Source: www.thespacereview.com --- 6 days ago
The recent US-Poland Missile Defense deal is only the beginning of changes in European Missile Defense and related areas. Taylor Dinerman describes how those changes will affect, among other things, European military space efforts. ...
Source: www.voanews.com --- 58 days ago
US Defense secretary says Iranian Missile tests provide further evidence of need for a European Missile Defense system ... Source: www.reuters.com --- 60 days ago
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on Tuesday to build part of a U.S. Missile Defense shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia. ... Source: www.dw-world.de --- 52 days ago
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered a major foreign policy speech on Tuesday July 15, singling out US and European policies on Missile Defense and Kosovo for criticism in a style reminiscent of his predecessor. ... Source: www.voanews.com --- 52 days ago
The U.S. and Czech Republic have signed an agreement as part of a U.S. European-based ballistic Missile Defense system. ... Source: www.globalsecurity.org --- 11 days ago
The Bush admin. said it remains open to dialogue with Moscow on US European Missile-Defense plans despite Russia's angry response to the signing of a U.S.-Polish agreement on the issue last week ... Source: www6.lexisnexis.com --- 60 days ago
The Voice of America issued the following story: By David Gollust tate Department Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met her Polish counterpart, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, for more talks on a possible Polish role in a U.S. regional Missile Defense system in Europe. Rice leaves Washington late Monday on a European mission to conclude a Missile Defense deal with the Czech Republic. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department. Secretary Rice met behind closed doors with Foreign Minister Sikorski in a last-minute effort to conclude a deal before her European mission, which U.S. officials at one point hoped would include a stop in Warsaw to sign an accord. ... Source: www.charlotte.com --- 57 days ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of threats against Israel. Iran answered with another Missile launch. Iranian state television portrayed the missiles, fired Wednesday and again overnight, as a demonstration of the country's ability to defend itself against an attack by Israel or the United States. The weapons included missiles launched from naval ships in the Persian Gulf, along with torpedoes and surface-to-surface missiles, the broadcast said. A U.S. official said Thursday that analysts had determined Tehran launched seven ballistic missiles and two rockets on the first night. But it appeared that only one weapon - an anti-ship Missile - was launched on the second night, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record about the ongoing intelligence analysis. Just hours earlier on Thursday, Rice had closed her three-day European trip with a stern response to Iran: "We are sending a message to Iran that we will defend American interests and the interests of our allies." Rice noted U.S. efforts to increase its own security presence in the Persian Gulf and the Defense capabilities of U.S. allies there. "We take very, very strongly our obligations to help our allies defend themselves and no one should be confused about that," she said. Rice tied the first round of Iranian Missile tests to U.S. plans for ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 59 days ago
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain would carry out the Bush administration's Missile Defense plans in Poland if he were elected. But Sikorski said he received no such assurances from Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Though the two spoke by phone Monday, Sikorski said he avoided discussing Missile Defense, the most urgent issue in Polish-American relations. "I did not think it was my business in my first conversation with him to raise a controversial issue," Sikorski told The Associated Press. The Obama campaign also said the issue did not come up. McCain has long supported the U.S. Missile Defense program, while Obama has been more skeptical of its effectiveness. The Democrat has said that a European Missile Defense system should be properly tested before it is built and deployed. ... Source: www.einnews.com --- 12 days ago
... is a leader defined and consumed by his grievances, from European Missile Defense to Kosovo. And now he has adopted the ideology and tactics of the schoolyard bully - ... ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 59 days ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that Iran's Missile tests highlight the need for direct diplomacy as well as tougher threats of economic sanctions and strong incentives to persuade Tehran to change its behavior. John McCain, the Republican seeking the presidency, said the tests demonstrate a need for effective Missile Defense, including Missile Defense in Europe and the Defense system the U.S. plans with the Czech Republic and Poland. "Working with our European and regional allies is the best way to meet the threat posed by Iran, not unilateral concessions that undermine multilateral diplomacy," McCain said in a statement ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 58 days ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats against Israel. Iran answered hours later with another round of Missile tests. Iranian state television reported Thursday that the missiles, fired Wednesday and again overnight, demonstrated that the country can defend itself against an attack by Israel or the United States. The weapons included missiles launched from naval ships in the Persian Gulf, along with torpedoes and surface-to-surface missiles, the broadcast said. Earlier Thursday, Rice closed her three-day European trip with words of warning: "We are sending a message to Iran that we will defend American interests and the interests of our allies." Rice noted U.S. efforts to increase its own security presence in the Persian Gulf and the Defense capabilities of U.S. allies there. ...
Source: www.truthdig.com --- 59 days ago
Forging an agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the U.S.’s planned Missile shield project represents, according to Condoleezza Rice, a way of making the Missile Defense system “transparent to the Russians.” Officials in Moscow, however, are inclined to take this latest move as a hostile gesture that could provoke military retaliation. Times Online: Moscow argues that the Missile shield would severely undermine the balance of European security and regards the proposed Missile shield based in two former Communist countries as a hostile move. “We will be forced to react not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry did not detail what its response might entail. Dr Rice, the US Secretary of State, hailed the agreement as a step forward for international security. After 14 months of negotiations, the US is struggling to clinch agreement with its other proposed partner - Poland - where it hopes to locate the interceptor missiles designed to shoot down any incoming rockets. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries July 7, 2008 Pentagon Looking to Help Shape War Films July 7, 2008 Maliki Mulls Troop Pullout July 7, 2008 Surviving the Fourth of July July 6, 2008 Wee the People July 6, 2008 A Loss of Transatlantic Harmony ... Source: www.swamppolitics.com --- 59 days ago
by Mark Silva Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president, said today that Iran's test-firing of missiles today -- including one reportedly capable of reaching Israel -- is renewed evidence of the threat that Tehran poses to the region and of the need for a disputed U.S.-sponsored missle-Defense shield in Eastern Europe. McCain also dismissed the notion of any "unilateral'' negotiations with iran -- with Democratic rival Barack Obama today calling the Missile tests evidence of the need for stepped up, direct U.S. diplomacy with iran in addition to tougher economic sanctions. "Iran's most recent Missile tests demonstrate again the dangers it poses to its neighbors and to the wider region, especially Israel,'' McCain said in a statement released by his campaign in Arlington, Va. "Ballistic Missile testing coupled with Iran's continued refusal to cease its nuclear activities should unite the international community in efforts to counter Iran's dangerous ambitions,'' the senior senator from Arizona said. "Iran's Missile tests also demonstrate the need for effective Missile Defense now and in the future, and this includes Missile Defense in Europe as is planned with the Czech Republic and Poland,'' he said of a Missile Defense shield that the Bush administration is trying to build in Eastern Europe to defend against "rogue'' states such as Iran. Russia opposes the missle shield. "Working with our European ...
Source: time-blog.com --- 58 days ago
John McCain: “Iran’s most recent Missile tests demonstrate again the dangers it poses to its neighbors and to the wider region, especially Israel. Ballistic Missile testing coupled with Iran’s continued refusal to cease its nuclear activities should unite the international community in efforts to counter Iran’s dangerous ambitions. Iran’s Missile tests also demonstrate the need for effective Missile Defense now and in the future, and this includes Missile Defense in Europe as is planned with the Czech Republic and Poland. Working with our European and regional allies is the best way to meet the threat posed by Iran, not unilateral concessions that undermine multilateral diplomacy.” At an avail earlier, he also mentioned that he had voted for the Senate resolution designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization but that Obama had missed the vote and opposed the resolution because it was "too provocative." (Here's a clip of that statement.) He's correct on both counts, but it's wrong to imply ( as McCain has in the past ) that Obama thinks the IRGC is not a terrorist organization. Obama's statement: “These Missile tests demonstrate once again that we need to change our policy to deal aggressively with the threat posed by the Iranian regime. Through its nuclear program, Missile capability, meddling in Iraq, support for terrorism, and threats against Israel, Iran now poses the greatest strategic challe ... Source: freeinternetpress.com --- 52 days ago
Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, Tuesday launched an outspoken attack on America's European Missile Defense plans, in the latest sign that policy towards the west is unchanged since Vladimir Putin. Medvedev denounced the Bush administration's plans to build a Missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland, allegedly to shoot down a rogue Missile fired by Iran. He accused the U.S. of aggravating the situation and promised that Russia would respond appropriately. "This common [security] heritage cannot survive if one of the sides selectively destroys isolated elements of the strategic construction," Medvedev said, adding: "This doesn't satisfy us." Addressing Russian ambassadors in Moscow, Medvedev also dubbed Kosovo's U.S.-backed independence illegal and accused the Baltic states of glorifying fascism. "They are shuffling history like a pack of cards," he said. Medvedev's hard line in one of his first speeches on foreign policy since his May inauguration is likely to disappoint western observers. They hoped his presidency might usher in a more conciliatory era. ... Find more results for European Missile Defense on RSSMicro.com |
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Reuters - The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a Missile Defense shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia. ...
Reuters - PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a Missile Defense shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia. ...
Yesterday, I explained why John McCain's " Googilliteracy " won't actually hamper his ability to communicate, get information or grasp tech-related policy problems as president. But while the Arizona senator may not need to take a Computer Science class anytime soon, he should probably consider enrolling in Geography 101. At a town hall today in Albuquerque, N.M., McCain spent a considerable amount of time discussing to Russia's recent efforts to bully Czechoslovakia. The only problem? Czechoslovakia hasn't, you know, existed for 15 years. This would be a minor, nitpicky issue, except that a) McCain is running as a foreign policy expert and would slam Obama as a novice for a similar mistake , and b) it isn't the first time he's mixed up this particular geopolitical detail. Here's McCain at a GOP debate in October 2007 : "The first thing I would do is make sure that we have a Missile Defense system in place in Czechoslovakia and Poland, and I don't care what his objections are to it." ( Including his inability to locate Czechoslovakia without going back in time! ) Three months ago, McCain repeated the promise, telling Don Imus that he would "work closely with Czechoslovakia and Poland and other countries" ( like Yugoslavia, perhaps? ) to install the European Missile Defense System in Poland. And yesterday McCain again used the word "Czechoslovakia" in a conversation with reporters in Phoenix about our relationship with Russia. T ...
We’ll return to domestic policy analysis later today, but let’s take a look at the immediate response from the two campaigns regarding Iran’s test firing of long range missiles last night. First up, the McCain response. “Iran’s most recent Missile tests demonstrate again the dangers it poses to its neighbors and to the wider region, especially Israel. Ballistic Missile testing coupled with Iran’s continued refusal to cease its nuclear activities should unite the international community in efforts to counter Iran’s dangerous ambitions. Iran’s Missile tests also demonstrate the need for effective Missile Defense now and in the future, and this includes Missile Defense in Europe as is planned with the Czech Republic and Poland. Working with our European and regional allies is the best way to meet the threat posed by Iran, not unilateral concessions that undermine multilateral diplomacy.” And now the Obama response: “There’s no doubt we’re seeing rising tensions in the area, and it’s part of the reason why it’s so important for us to have a coherent policy with respect to Iran. It has to combine much tougher threats of economic sanctions with direct diplomacy, opening up channels of communication so that we avoid provocation but we give strong incentives for the Iranians to change their behavior. We’ve got to have the kind of aggressive diplomacy that unfortunately has been absent over the last several years.” Obama comes straight out ...