First some articles concerning our good old European GMD base:
• Russia offers Obama olive branch on missiles other media reports that Conflicting rumors surround Kaliningrad missiles
• Czech minister hails freezing of Russian missile plans
• Czech adamant on missile shield referendum
• Rethinking U.S. missile defense: “Between 1985 and 2008, America has spent $116 billion on missile defense, with an additional $50 billion envisioned over the next six years”. Taken together, this incredibly big sum makes up more than one fourth of the U.S. package intended to bring up the economy back up to its feet. And it was spent for a project which is “an expensive insurance policy whose payoff remains doubtful”
• German Foreign Minister Steinmeier seeks U.S. missile defense shift
And here something on the itsy bitsy rest of the world:
• Iran’s slow but sure missile advance
• Failed test and rocketing costs: Army says no to BrahMos missile
• India lags behind Pakistan in missiles (an Indian perspective)
• Russian space agency to support Bulava project
• Russia wants new START and BMD bases scrapped
• DPRK set to test long-range missile as tension rises in region
• Missile Defense in Japan