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Western European Union Takes Stand for BMD

June 12, 2007 :: Spacewar.com :: News

The Assembly of the Western European Union, meeting in Paris last week, called for "the development of an ‘anti-missile concept.'"  While the system should be driven by European interests, the system should be inter-operable with the U.S. missile defense in the general NATO framework and involve opportunities for Russian cooperation.  While concerns of sparking a new arms race weighed on the assembly, the imperative to defend against the emerging threat of rogue states acquiring and using ballistic missile technology. The assembly concluded that Europe should also adopt a common position on non-proliferation, export control regimes and missile defense technology.

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