Obama Scraps Bush Missile Defense Plan

[amoeba15]

Ronald Reagan aimed to base his Star Wars missile defense system in space. George W. Bush planned to put his on land. And now, U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to deploy his predominantly on the sea.

Obama announced on September 17 that he was scrapping Bush's plans to install an antimissile radar in the Czech Republic and 10 large, ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland. In their place, he will adopt a phased approach that will initially deploy dozens of smaller SM-3 interceptors on ships.

Russia, which hotly opposed the Bush plan, welcomed the move. President Dmitry Medvedev praised what he called Obama's "responsible approach," while Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called it "correct and brave."

But White House officials say the decision was driven primarily by intelligence showing that Iran had made more progress than expected on short- and intermediate-range missiles, while their efforts to develop long-range missiles are proceeding slower than previously thought.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served in the same post in the Bush administration, said the new missile-defense proposal is an improvement on the land-based system he supported in the previous White House.

www.rferl.org/content/The_Politics_Of_Missile_Defense_What_Does_The_New_Obama_Approach_Mean/1826216.html

[packerconvert]

I am glad the Obama administration can support the Commies position.

Poland and the Czech Republican have been routinely victimized by the big Red Bear..but ok..whatever.

The US should just sell the system to Poland and other countries who Russa very much wants to annex again.

The same pre-11 mentality is growing again I see.

"As long as it isn't us being attacked or exploited, its all good."

[TW]

Commies?