Missile Defence agreement sparks war of words

Yesterday's agreement between the US and the Czech Republic for radar sites for the US missile Defense system has sparked a serious response from Russia. If the agreement is ratified, "we will be forced to react not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods," the Foreign Ministry statement said.Possible responses include targeting of ballestic missiles and deployment into the Baltic sea. Rather than producing 'security', missile defence coninues to provke insecurity and danger.

Missile Defense has always been a Team-Bush pet project - whilst Obama seems to 'flip-flopping' on Iraq lets hope he slam-dunks the missile shield.

Talks on putting new US Missiles in UK says Daily Mail

Whilst there has already been much oppostion to the UK's involvement in Bush's 'Star Wars' programme there has never been a suggestion until now that the missiles themselves - as opposed to the radars - will actually be based in the UK. Now however the Daily Mail are suggesting that because of oppostion from Russia to the proposed siting of the missiles in Poland, talks have been opened between the US and UK on putting the missiles and the radars in the UK. This will be a real test of Gordon Brown's so called willingness to distance himself from the US. Watch this space.