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US trying to adapt its anti-missile plan to new situation

Published: 17 September, 2009, 22:10


A RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launch.

As the Pentagon is setting a new course, Dmitry Polikanov, an analyst at Russia's Center for Political Studies, sheds more light on the latest proposals by the US.

 
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James September 17, 2009, 22:51 quote
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One big Money Pit for the Military Industrial Complex! Time the Pentagon and and the Military Industrial Complex be overhauled.

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