Tuesday, May 23, 2006

U.S. Planning 'Star Wars' Bases in Eastern Europe

Teresa Küchler writes on EUobserver.com:

The Bush administration is planning to build an anti-missile defence system in central Europe to stop a ballistic missile threat from Iran, revisiting the late president Ronald Reagan's vision of space-based warfare.

The proposal comes amid growing concerns about Iran's nuclear energy program, believed by Washington to be a cover-up for developing nuclear weapons.

The US plan calls for installing ten anti-missile interceptors at a European site by 2011, US daily New York Times reported on Monday (22 May).

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