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Monday, October 08, 2007

US wants son of Star Wars base in Britain

The Government is in secret talks to allow President George Bush's controversial "son-of-Star Wars" missile-defence shield to be based in Britain.

But it would not protect the UK and could make the country a prime target for a "first strike" nuclear attack.

The system is made up of a battery of radar-controlled ground-to-air missiles and is designed to protect the US Eastern seaboard, including New York and Washington, from a nuclear strike from Iran or another Middle Eastern rogue state.

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