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Air Force: Test missile misses its Pacific target
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-02-01
Russian links Iran sanctions to US missile change
NEW YORK - With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President Barack Obama's decision to scale back a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe.
Nations:Russia North Korea Afghanistan Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2009-09-23
East Europe: Rancor, relief on missile shield plan
PRAGUE - Czechs and Poles expressed rancor and relief Thursday that President Barack Obama had pulled out of plans for a U.S. missile defense shield -- reflecting deep divisions over a proposal that some feared would make them a target for terrorists.
Nations:U.S. Russia Poland Czech Republic People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-09-17
Obama junks Bush's European missile defense plan
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama abruptly canceled a long-planned missile shield for Eastern Europe on Thursday, replacing a Bush-era project that was bitterly opposed by Russia with a plan he contended would better defend against a growing threat of Iranian missiles.
Nations:Russia Poland U.S. People:Dmitry Medvedev Robert Gates Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-09-17
Analysis: Moscow uses base as tool in negotiation
WASHINGTON - A standoff over an obscure air base in a Central Asian country few Americans could find on a map is an opening salvo in a new kind of Cold War with Russia.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Czech Republic Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Joseph Biden George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-02-06
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