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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

U.S. and Lithuania in shield talks: Polish official

Poland has set tough conditions for agreeing to base 10 U.S. interceptor rockets on its soilThe United States is talking with Lithuania about possibly installing part of a planned missile shield there if negotiations with Poland fail, Poland's negotiator said on Tuesday, but Washington said only "general conversations" with the Lithuanians had taken place.

Poland has set tough conditions for agreeing to base 10 U.S. interceptor rockets on its soil. It wants Washington to spend billions of dollars to upgrade Polish air defenses after Russia said it would point missiles at Poland in case of deployment.

The United States has said it would seek another site for its European missile defense project if the talks with Poland fail.

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