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US proposes common missile defense network with Russia, NATO
Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2007 The United States on Friday proposed a common network of missile defense systems with Russia and NATO to allay Moscow's concerns over a planned US missile defence system in central Europe. "The answer is we and the Russians and NATO or the NATO-Russia Council work together to produce a common system or common network of systems which would benefit everyone's security and also address Russian security concerns," Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried said. "If they are part of the system, they can be much more confident that it is not directed against them," he said, speaking ahead of talks next week between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their opposite numbers in Moscow on October 12. They will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Secretary Anatoly Serdyukov in the wake of stalled negotiations earlier this month between the two sides in Paris on America's planned missile defense system. The proposed system in central Europe is a source of long-running friction between the two former Cold War enemies. Washington claims the system would protect against "rogue states" such as Iran and wants to build a radar tracking base in the Czech Republic and house interceptor missiles in Poland. Moscow has said the system would create a "new Berlin wall," and President Vladimir Putin has suggested siting it in Azerbaijan instead. Kremlin also threatened to re-deploy nuclear missiles if the US forges ahead with the project. Fried, who is in charge of for European and Eurasian Affairs in the State Department, said Russian plans to share the Gabar radar station in Azerbaijan or a radar site in southern Russia opened up a possibility of having "genuinely collaborative efforts on missile defense directed at common problems. "We would like to see the whole question opened up as it were with everything on the table -- what NATO is doing, what US, Poles and Czechs may be doing, what Russia is prepared to offer. "So, this is a very far reaching proposal by the Russians which I hope would have some very good potential areas of cooperation," he said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Armavir Radar To Be On Combat Duty Late In 2007
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007A state-of-the-art radar being built near Armavir, in southern Russia, will be on combat duty in late 2007, Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, the commander of the Russian Space Forces said Wednesday. In an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda - Red Star, a Russian military newspaper - Popovkin said the radar located near the town of Armavir, in the Krasnodar Territory would start combat duty in late 2007, updating his previous statements that it would open in 2008. |
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