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Friday, May 07, 2010

NATO Incapable of Developing Missile Shield Without Help, Russia Says

NATORussia's envoy to NATO yesterday asserted that alliance member nations lacked the capability to establish defenses against missile attacks, Interfax reported (see GSN, April 27).

"Proposals that have already been formulated are important political declarations, which, however, have no technological support," Dmitry Rogozin said in a television interview.

Rogozin said that only Russia and the United States had the technological know-how to consistently shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. This is why, he said, some Eastern European nations were interested in participating in a U.S. plan for European missile defense.

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