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U.S. missile shield is provocation: Austrian minister Reuters
"That the United States are installing a defence shield in eastern Europe is a provocation in my view," Darabos was quoted as saying in an interview with daily Die Presse on Thursday. "The U.S. has chosen the wrong path in my opinion. There is no point in building up a missile defence shield in Europe. That only unnecessarily rekindles old Cold War debates." The United States plans to deploy elements of its shield -- designed to intercept and destroy missiles from "rogue states" like Iran and North Korea -- in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Russia sees the initiative near its borders as a threat to its own security. On Tuesday Russia's military chief told the Czech Republic that hosting the shield would be a "big mistake". Darabos said he saw no danger from Iranian long range missiles and the U.S. should try for a different solution.
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Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos has called U.S. plans for
a missile defence shield in eastern Europe a "provocation" reviving
Cold War debates.
