(Prague, Czech Republic) The Czech government will allow missile-defense radar installations to be located in the Czech Republic. The deal was announced by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice after meeting with her Czech counterpart, Karel Schwarzenburg.
"We face with the Iranians, and so do our allies and friends, a growing missile threat that is getting ever longer and ever deeper, and where the Iranian appetite for nuclear technology ... is still unchecked," Rice told reporters in Czech capital.
The radar system is part of a defensive shield intended to protect Europe against missile attacks by so-called "rouge states" like Iran. Washington hopes that the entire shield will be functional some time between 2011 and 2013. [ ... ]
Agreement with Poland to host the interceptor missile installations is yet to be achieved. Apparently, the Poles want a large infusion of U.S. dollars.
In the proposed system, radar stations in the Czech Republic would be responsible for locating enemy missiles detected by US satellites.
That data would then be relayed to interceptor missiles or "kill vehicles" stations in neighboring Poland.
The inceptors would then be sent speeding off to collide with and destroy the hostile missiles.
The Russians have been quite vocal in their opposition to the defense shield even though Washington has repeatedly assured them that the shield is not directed at Russia.
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