NAVY Navy Surface ships with ballistic missile defense capabilities — like the cruiser Shiloh, above, firing a Standard Missile-3 during a 2006 test — will patrol the North Sea and the Mediterranean starting in 2011 to provide missile defense to Europe. NavyReport Raises Doubts About Obama Missile Defense Plan -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The missile defense system that President Barack Obama plans to deploy in Europe starting next year may not function properly and could face significant cost overruns, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog agency warned Tuesday.
The report raises questions about legislation that would strengthen the U.S. commitment to the deployment plan that the White House was negotiating in return for Republican votes it needed for Senate approval of a new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty.
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Update: Why Obama Surrendered the Missile Shield -- Zbigniew Mazurak, American Thinker
My Comment: The American Thinker post is more comprehensive in their analysis .... but both articles reveal the problems (and politics) when it comes to Europe`s missile defense.