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US Launches New Europe Missile Defense Program

IN THIS ISSUE: US launches new missile defense program for Europe, UN nuclear inspectors to visit Syria plant, Zimbabwe to work with Iran on uranium extraction, U.S. plans no nuclear weapons in SK, lawmakers wary of nuclear agency budget increase, Chile prepares for nuclear power.

Published on March 3, 2011
 

US Launches New Missile Defense Program for Europe

Associated Press

NATO Lisbon Summit

The U.S. is sending a special radar-equipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea next week, the first step in the development of a broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential Iranian nuclear threat, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

The move marks the first of the Obama administration's four-phase plan to put land- and sea-based radars and interceptors in several European locations over the next decade.

Endorsed by NATO during a summit in Lisbon last Fall, the missile shield has triggered opposition from Russia and set off lengthy negotiations over the future expanded ability to shoot down ballistic missiles in the region.     Full Article
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