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Thursday, May 03, 2012

U.S. to Counter Russia Missile-Defense Stance in Moscow

[Patriot PAC-3]The U.S. will defend its European missile-defense plans against Russia’s objections in the challenger’s capital this week as a State Department delegation attends a conference aimed at disputing the system.

“We believe this exchange will allow the United States in particular to provide in a very public way the reasons that the missile defenses that the United States is developing” aren’t aimed at Russia, Madelyn Creedon, assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs, said today on a conference call with reporters.

The eight-member U.S. delegation seeks to counter Russia’s opposition to the system, which was embraced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2010, as longtime critic Vladimir Putin prepares to return to the Russian presidency next week.

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