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11:28, February 09, 2008 |
The United States insisted on Friday that a planned missile defense system in East Europe will not be like the arms race in the Cold War and will not pose threat to Russia.
"Certainly this is the antithesis of the kinds of arms building that you have seen in the past," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said.
"Its nature poses absolutely no threat to Russia's strategic interests or Russia's strategic forces," Casey said.
The United States plans to base missile interceptors in Poland and radar units in the Czech Republic as part of a project to extend the missile defense system to Europe. Russia has voiced opposition over the plan and said the plan poses threat to its strategic interests.
The United States has claimed the missile defense system is aimed at states and groups in the Middle East that are seeking weapons of mass destruction, not against Russia.
Source: Xinhua
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