Around 30 American experts arrived in the Brdy military area of the Czech Republic to carry out detailed measurements and research for the stationing of the U.S. missile defense radar base on Czech territory.
The American experts are expected to stay in the Czech Republic for about a week, according to the Czech news agency CTK.
In early July, the Defense Ministry chose the locality, situated about two kilometers away from Misov, west Bohemia area, and some 90 kilometers southwest of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
It is not the first time that the groups of U.S. experts carry out measurements in Brdy area. They visited the military grounds and studied the hydrological and geological conditions of the locality in April and May.
This time the experts will focus on the geological conditions, infrastructure and transport affordability of the selected site.
They will also count the costs of building of the base.
The Czech military banned journalists from entering the military grounds to make any photographs of the American experts at work.
Czech Defense Ministry spokesman Andrej Cirtek said that the information on the results of the measurements was to appear after it was completed.
Apart from the Americans, a group of Czech specialists comprised of Defense Ministry experts and environmentalists will visit the Marshall Islands from where the U.S. radar installation should be moved to Brdy this autumn.
The U.S. unveiled its plan in January to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic, as components of the missile defense shield.
According to a recent public opinion poll, more than two thirds of Czech citizens disagree with the installation of the base. Parties in the coalition government are not united on the issue either.
Source: Xinhua
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