ASSESSMENTS
Russia: BMD and the Kaliningrad Withdrawal
Sep 18, 2009 | 18:13 GMT
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Summary
The Russian envoy to NATO has announced that Russia will not deploy new missiles in Kaliningrad in response to the U.S. announcement that it will not pursue parts of a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The announcement shows that Moscow does not consider the U.S. concession on BMD sufficient to win Russian support on isolating Iran.
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