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Europe Risks China Relations in Taiwan Helicopter Deal
European firm Eurocopter says it has agreed terms to sell three helicopters to Taiwan less than a week after the United States angered China by saying it would deliver $6.4 billion worth of arms to the island. In a deal that could strain Sino-European ties, Airbus sister company Eurocopter has announced it is to sell [...]
Poland Pledges Cooperation with New Missile Defense Plan
Vice President Joe Biden visited Poland and received assurances from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Poland will take part in a new missile defense plan. Polish officials said they would host elements of the new plan that was announced last month in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden is the first high-level U.S. official to [...]
German firm eyes missile detection system
Brussels: A German firm is trying to develop a space-based system for detecting when medium-range missiles are fired, which could protect Europe without annoying Russia, a company official said Friday. “We are studying a concept of an alternative system which could protect Europe without the global political impact” of the controversial US anti-missile shield, said [...]
DoD Official Addresses Missile Defense, NATO
WASHINGTON: The proposed missile defense system for Europe is robust and will meet both long-term and short-term threats, a top Pentagon official told the Defense Writers’ Group today. Alexander Vershbow, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, also spoke to the group about NATO efforts in Afghanistan. Vershbow, just back from a trip [...]
Committee Discusses Status, Plans for Joint Jet Pilot Training
SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: Members of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program Steering Committee finished their week-long meeting Sept. 25 where they discussed the current status and future plans for the program. They also reflected on the flow of student pilots, instructor pilot training, leadership and command opportunities, maintenance statistics and plans for [...]
Senators Disagree on Obama’s New Missile Defense Policy in Europe
CAPITOL HILL: Several U.S. senators have blasted President Barack Obama’s decision to change U.S. missile defense policy in Europe, accusing the president of “abandoning” U.S. allies there. Senior Pentagon officials and some other senators defended the new strategy at an Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday, saying the new plan is the best way to deal [...]
Leaders Take New Missile Defense Plan to Congress
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s decision to restructure a previous missile defense plan designed to protect Europe from a possible ballistic missile attack from Iran provides a more effective, flexible system that will take less time to implement, senior Pentagon officials said on Capitol Hill today. “We are confident that our new approach represents a dramatic [...]
Iran welcomes US missile defense reversal
MOSCOW: Tehran has welcomed the shift in America’s missile-defense plans in Central Europe, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. U.S. Presdient Barack Obama announced Thursday that Washington was dropping its previous plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. “The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes any act that causes a [...]
New Missile Plan Better Suited Against Iran, Gates Says
WASHINGTON: The new U.S. missile defense plan will offer better protection than a previous proposal even if intelligence forecasts on Iran prove wrong, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. As opposed to earlier plans to build ground-based components in Poland and the Czech Republic, the new sea-based approach is better suited to intelligence on [...]
