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Putin Proposes Using Radar in Southern Russia for Missile Defense Purposes

July 2, 2007 :: Interfax :: News

During a summit at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded on his counter-proposal to the U.S. plan to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. "Should it prove necessary, we are ready to include not only the Gabala [radar] station [in Azerbaijan] in this system. We are ready to rebuild it, should such a need arise, and, if it proves insufficient, we are prepared to add a new radar station being built in the south of Russia in this system," he said.  President Putin's offer has been welcomed by President Bush as a potential complement to his plan to base a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, but Putin has insisted it is meant as an alternative. Russia has fiercely criticized the U.S. plan for Poland and the Czech Republic which it believes erodes its strategic nuclear deterrent and influence in Europe. (Article)

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