As part of ongoing efforts to protect the United States and its allies from attack by ballistic missiles, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is working to deploy a missile defense system in Europe. As proposed, the system would be fielded by 2013 and would include interceptor missiles in silos to be built in Poland, a tracking radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar at an unspecified location near Iran. The goal of the system, according to MDA, is to 'defend U.S. allies and deployed forces in Europe from limited Iranian longrange threats and expand protection of the U.S. homeland.'1.


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    Title :

    Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    84 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English