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Thursday, September 04, 2014

Expert: NATO’s Missile Defense System Has No Capability Against Russian Deterrent Force

Patriot missile defense systemProposals from Baltic and Polish leaders ahead of the NATO summit, requesting that NATO’s anti-ballistic missile defense system be focused on Russia are unrealistic, as the system has no capability against potential Russian threat, according to representatives of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

“From a technical standpoint, it’s really not arrayed or capable against a Russian threat. It’s not designed that way, it has no capability that way,” Brigadier General Kenneth Todorov, Deputy Director of the MDA told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

“Our missile defense system has absolutely no capability against the Russian strategic deterrent force,” said MDA public affairs director, Rick Lehner.

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