Second Missile Defense Deal for Czech Republic
Last week, the Czech Republic approved the final part of an agreement with the U.S. to host a radar missile tracking base. The main part of the deal was signed last month. The final part concerns tax matters and U.S. soldiers deployed to the base.
The Czech Republic’s parliament, which has not approved the agreement, strongly opposes it, according to the AP. Democrats in Congress cite this and other reasons for refusing to fund missile defense bases in that country and in Poland.
Both countries and the U.S. contend the bases will serve defensive purposes, not offensive. Regardless, Russia says it may point ballistic rockets at the bases, both of which could be completed and operational by 2012.
(Source: AP – Photo source)
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