The Evolution of Ballistic Missile Defense in Central Europe

Slovakia and the Czech Republic have joined the list of Central European countries willing to be part of a proposed U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Europe. The number of countries willing to participate in a U.S. BMD proposal has gradually increased to six since the September 2009 scrapping of a Bush-era proposal for BMD in Central Europe. So far, Russia has not reacted angrily to this incremental increase in the scope of U.S. BMD plans, but that is likely a temporary situation.