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Saturday, July 31, 2010
US missile defence early warning site to be built in Czech Republic
Prague is the most likely location for the early warning site
The United States and the Czech Republic are once again negotiating the possibility of building part of the US missile defence system in Prague, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said on Friday. The Pentagon has already requested a sum of $2.2 million for the building from the US Congress.
The facility should be able to detect and give an early warning in case a short- or medium-range missiles aimed at Nato countries.
According to sources from the Czech Foreign Ministry, the new site should consist of two offices with equipment gathering data on enemy missiles, Czech daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) has reported.
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