, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on Feb. 9 rejected U.S. arguments for deploying an anti-missile defense system in Eastern Europe and insisted Russia would not be drawn into a Cold War-style arms race.
Ivanov said there was no need to base part of the system in NATO countries Poland and the Czech Republic to defend the United States from rockets launched in Iran and North Korea, as Washington argues.
“Any expert can prove the flight trajectory of the missile will be very far from the Czech Republic and Poland, so what is the real intention of these activities?” Ivanov said at a news conference after meeting NATO counterparts in Spain.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, asked if he understood Ivanov
