Poland 'agrees' to host US {missle} shield (BBC)

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Poland and the US have reached an agreement in principle to install a controversial American missile defence system on Polish soil.

In return for hosting part of the shield, the US has said it will help bolster Poland's air defences.

The US wants to install interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic.
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In October, Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the plans to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s, which saw the US and Soviet Union go to the brink of nuclear war.

Russia has threatened to point missiles at Europe if the US positions elements of the new missile shield near its borders.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7223568.stm

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1. Great...

I suppose this is an extension of Rummy's "new Europe"?