I'm a bit confused about which systems you are referring to. The system that Bush started in Alaska isn't covered by this decision as far as I know. I'm not sure if any determination has been made on that matter. The system under discussion is in Eastern Europe and had been proposed but not implemented.
As for the system in Eastern Europe, it is my understanding that the US is still committed to helping out Europe with missile defense, but using a drastically different solution, deployed differently and on a different (shorter) time line. Here is another summary from the Center for Arms Control: http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/missiledefense/articles/091709_obamas_european_defense/ The system Bush proposed to put in place wouldn't have been for protection from Russia as it was designed for long range missiles. Bush had promised (as I understand it) Patriot missiles and fighter planes to the Czech Republic and Poland for that purpose. With the new plan to push out the SM-3 (which could be used against short and medium range missiles launched from Russia) I don't know if those previous plans for the Czech Republic and Poland stand or not. I imagine that there will be a lot of moving around of plans as this gets rolled out. The fundamental shift, as I understand it, is from new, needs to be developed, technology aimed at long range missiles to a more agile deployment of existing technology aimed at short and medium range missiles. Judah On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, we won't stop building the new system, we just won't put it in Poland. > The new system is just the existing system with a new name? > > So this was just a favor to Putin with nothing in return? > > Did I get this right? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
