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

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Friday, April 4th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt 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…

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