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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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.