NYT: The White House was inclined to reject the deployment of missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic
The administration of Barack Obama, various options for the deployment of U.S. missile defense system, including renunciation of the deployment of its elements in Poland and the Czech Republic. This and other alternative plans for the future of missile defense is expected in the coming weeks to send to the committee in charge of national security issues.
Only after this set of recommendations for review at the cabinet level, and then present a U.S. president. This informed the newspaper New York Times with reference to wished to remain anonymous sources in the American administration.
They stress that the final decision in favor of another option of building a missile defense system not accepted. We're definitely not abandoning commitments to protect our European allies from missile threats from Iran – said one source. – We are exploring ways that strengthen the defense of our European allies.
Yet the chances of rejection of plans previous administration DzhordzhaBusha about Poland and the Czech Republic are high. In this regard, the publication considers revealing at last week's meeting at the Huntsville (Ala.), which was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Joint Chiefs of Staff) U.S. Armed Forces, and General James Cartwright, head of U.S. Strategic Command, General Kevin Chilton.
The revelation is that at a meeting this level of the speakers did not discuss how and when the missile shield will be placed in Poland and the Czech Republic – leads the newspaper opinion Riki Ellison, President of the lobbying alliance Missile Defense Advocacy . Allison also attended the forum in Alabama.
According to the Government Accountability Office (Chief Audit Authority of the U.S. Congress), the cost of stationing the missile defense system in Eastern Europe is estimated at 837 million dollars and can actually exceed $ 1 billion. This amount does not include the cost of land preparation and testing. The idea of deploying the system protecting Europe from ballistic missiles to 2015 inclusive will require the appropriation of more than $ 4 billion, according to management.

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