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Saturday, August 29, 2009

U.S. to scrap missile shield plan for Poland, Czech Republic

Patriot PAC-3The United States will abandon plans to house an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, a Polish daily reported on Thursday, citing US officials and lobbyists.

The multi-billion dollar project, intended for defense against attacks from Iran and other “rogue” states, was to install 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic. It had met with fierce objections from Russia.

The Polish daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, said that Washington was now considering deploying anti-missile interceptors on naval vessels and at bases in Israel, Turkey and the Balkans, reports AFP.

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