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NATO Considering Link Between Alliance, U.S. Missile Defense Systems

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Friday, April 11th, 2008

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NATO is examining ways to link its current missile defense efforts to a European-based U.S. missile defense from concerns that the proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to alliance forces, territory and populations, leaders said at a summit in Bucharest, Romania. In the April 3 Bucharest Summit Declaration, NATO heads of state and government said they "recognize the substantial contribution to the protection of Allies from long range ballistic missiles to be provided by the planned deployment of…

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