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U.S. Insists EPAA Is Aimed Towards Iran, Not Russia

Friday, May 11th, 2012

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The United States’ European missile defense system is aimed toward defending European allies against shorter-range Iranian missile strikes and not long-range Russian ones, according to ranking officials. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon said recently following a Russian Ministry of Defence missile defense conference in Moscow that the United States, with its European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) is concerned about Iranian short- to medium-range missiles reaching North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations in Europe and not…

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