US to scrap missile defense shield [View All]

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http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/09/17/us-to-scrap-missile-defense-shield-that-irked-russia/
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The United States will scrap a plan to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe that had angered Russia, the White House is expected to announce Thursday.

The plan, to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and radar sensors in the Czech Republic, was conceived by the Bush administration and intended to counter a perceived threat from Iranian long-range missiles.

The decision to kill the plan is based on the determination that Iran’s missile program has not developed as had been projected, and therefore does not pose as much of a threat as had been estimated.

Shelving the plan may also build goodwill with Russia, which had strongly opposed the idea of a shield, seeing it as a threat.
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Thank you President Obama - a departure from Bushco and their madness