Image from Boeing.From The L.A. Times:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Krakow, Poland, says the Obama administration will assess the cost and feasibility of the system, which Russia strongly opposes.
Reporting from Krakow, Poland -- Easing the U.S. push for a European missile defense system, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told NATO allies Thursday that the Obama administration was reviewing plans for the controversial program and hoped to reopen talks with Moscow, which is bitterly opposed to the project.
Gates, echoing views of other top administration officials, said the U.S. would consider whether the system was affordable and technologically feasible as plans move forward. Such caveats were uncommon under President Bush.
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My Comment: The politicizing of missile defense .... open for all to see.