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He then warned that Russia could easily overwhelm the small defensive system under consideration.
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Russian officials do express alarm, however, at the American ballistic missile defense system, and Moscow’s arguments have grown louder since the United States entered bilateral talks with Poland and the Czech Republic, two of the newer NATO allies, about basing parts of a missile defense system on their soil. Kremlin leaders have long said that an effective missile defense system could set off a new nuclear arms race.
American officials say that while no final agreements have been reached, serious technical talks are under way about basing antimissile radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland.
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Only the guilty and unreasonable see a need to defend or argue. Seems to me there is little or no offensive capability in this matter. Purely for recognition and defensive purposes. Perhaps I am not reading far enough betwen the lines?