Nato rakentaa uutta ohjuskilpeä Tsekkeihin

Yhdysvallat ja NATO alkavat rakentaa uutta versiota ohjustutkajärjestelmästä Tsekkeihin. Tsekkiläinen kansalaisliike sai poliittisen eliitin vetäytymään aiemmasta ohjuskilpihankkeesta yhdessä Naton ja USA:n kanssa, mutta Tsekkien uutispalvelun mukaan Nato ja USA aloittavat uudet neuvottelut Tsekkien puolustusministeriön kanssa Tsekkien osallistumisesta uuden lyhyen – ja keskimatkojen ohjusten puolustussysteemiin joka sijoitettaisi Tsekkeihin. (JP)
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Czech News Agency
November 4, 2009
LaHood, Tauscher to visit Czech Republic
-The USA wants to build the system in cooperation with NATO. The concrete form of Czech participation in the new project remains unclear.
According to the U.S. media, Tauscher recently said the command for the managing and control of elements of the new version of anti-missile defence could be stationed in the Czech Republic.

Prague: A few U.S. delegations will visit the Czech Republic in November, following up the recent visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, including an expert military team that arrives in Prague this Friday, diplomatic sources told CTK today.
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Ellen Tauscher will arrive on November 16 and she will be followed by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
The server Aktualne.cz said the high-level group for military cooperation will be headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Alexander Vershbow.
The experts will discuss Czech participation in the new architecture of defence against short- and middle range missiles with their opposite numbers from the Czech Defence Ministry.
The USA wants to build the system in cooperation with NATO. The concrete form of Czech participation in the new project remains unclear.
According to the U.S. media, Tauscher recently said the command for the managing and control of elements of the new version of anti-missile defence could be stationed in the Czech Republic.
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The Americans will now discuss the alternatives of the Czech military's participation in the new planned system.
Biden assured Czech senior officials that Washington was not abandoning Central Europe after it had dropped the plans of the George W. Bush administration to station a radar base on Czech soil and a base for interceptor missiles in Poland. The plans were strongly opposed by Russia.
Prague's position on the original plans was not unambiguous either as the Czech parliament has not ratified the Czech-U.S. treaties on the radar's location.