A Ground-Based Interceptor missile is tested near Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. PentagonWest Needs New Missile Shield Against Iranian Nuclear Threat, Nato Chief Says -- The Telegraph
Nato's Secretary-General has urged the construction of a new missile defence system to protect Europe from the threat of Iranian nuclear attack.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Sunday Telegraph he has full American backing for a proposed €200 million (£165 million) defensive "shield", which he hopes will be agreed in November at a summit of members in Lisbon.
He was speaking after weapons inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned last week that Iran had passed a crucial nuclear threshold which took it nearer to being able to arm ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Sunday Telegraph he has full American backing for a proposed €200 million (£165 million) defensive "shield", which he hopes will be agreed in November at a summit of members in Lisbon.
He was speaking after weapons inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned last week that Iran had passed a crucial nuclear threshold which took it nearer to being able to arm ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
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My Comment: I am old enough to remember that when the green light was given by the Reagan administration in the 1980s to build a missile shield .... the Europeans were the most vocal against it.
25 years later .... the loudest call for a missile shield is coming from Europe. Sighhh .... you figure it out.
He was speaking after weapons inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned last week that Iran had passed a crucial nuclear threshold which took it nearer to being able to arm ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
Read more ....
My Comment: I am old enough to remember that when the green light was given by the Reagan administration in the 1980s to build a missile shield .... the Europeans were the most vocal against it.
25 years later .... the loudest call for a missile shield is coming from Europe. Sighhh .... you figure it out.