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Homeland Security

Rubin Proposes Major Improvement For European Missile Defense; Would Counter Missiles From India Through Northern Africa

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Monday, June 16th, 2008

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A major improvement could be made in the proposed European Missile Defense (EMD) system that the United States wishes to install to protect Europe from Iranian missile attacks, by increasing it to three or four separate sites, a noted military expert said. Iran is acquiring ever longer-range missiles, and also has a nuclear materials production program that was assailed by Britain, France and the United States. (Please see full story in this issue.) Uzi Rubin, president of Rubicon, Ltd., consultants…

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