Poland: Poland looks beyond missile defense disappointment.Byline: kusumv03 Poland's foreign minister says he is looking beyond tensions over the Obama administration's decision on missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged in Poland as he meets with U.S. officials. Radek Sikorski told The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. that Poland was taken off-guard by the Obama administration's announcement in September that it was scrapping a plan to deploy long range interceptors in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. in favor of a different configuration. Press reports of the impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. announcement came ahead of official word from the Obama administration to the Polish government. It also coincided awkwardly with the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland Soviet invasion of Poland can refer to:
"We were a little surprised by the timing," Sikorski said. He added, however, that Poland was now satisfied that the new system which will focus on defending against shorter range missiles from Iran will be an improvement for Poland's security, and the Polish government wants to move beyond the tensions over the decision to reverse a policy advocated by the Bush administration. "That's the past," he said. "Let's forget about it." Sikorski was meeting U.S. national security adviser Gen. James Jones James Jones is the name of:
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Under Obama's new missile defense plan, U.S. Navy ships equipped with anti-missile weapons _ such as the Navy's Standard Missile-3 _ would form a front line of defense in the eastern Mediterranean. Those would be combined with land-based anti-missile systems to be placed on shore in Europe. Obama has promised Poland and the Czech Republic the right to host elements of the new system and the Polish government has expressed its willingness. Sikorski has said that Poland's main interest is in having a presence of U.S. troops on Polish soil as a security guarantee against Russian assertiveness. "We are a border country of NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. , and we all know what it means," he said. Last month, Russia carried out military exercises in Western Russia and Belarus, which Sikorski said was perplexing per·plex tr.v. per·plexed, per·plex·ing, per·plex·es 1. To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make confusedly intricate; complicate. . "We don't understand what kind of message Russia was trying to send with the largest military exercises on NATO's borders since the collapse of the Soviet Union," he said. He said that last month's visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had reassured Poland that the Obama administration would not compromise relations with Central Europe as it courts better relations with Russia. "I think they are doing what I would have advised which is that the more you talk to Russia, the more you should talk to Russia's neighbors," he said. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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