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Space

Putin Likens Missile Defense In Europe To Soviet Offensive Missiles In Cuba

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Monday, October 29th, 2007

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Russian President Vladimir Putin equated U.S. proposals to install a missile defensive system in Europe to Soviet Union attempts in 1962 to install offensive nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in Cuba, RIA Novosti, the Russian news agency, reported. Putin apparently failed to distinguish between the offensive and defensive purposes of each system. It was the latest Putin attack on plans to place a U.S. Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system in Europe, consisting of a high-capability radar in the Czech…

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Space

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Congress

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Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

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