The UK is in talks with the US over hosting part of the contentious "son of Star Wars" missile interceptor system on British soil, Downing Street confirmed today.
If the UK did host a missile silo or radar site it would likely prompt considerable opposition from the anti-war movement, and may spark protests echoing those at RAF Greenham Common in the 1980s.
Earlier this week, the prime ministers of the Czech Republic and Poland said they were "likely" to accept a formal request from the Pentagon to part-host the system. This prompted condemnation from a Russian general who said it would wreck the post Cold War balance of power in Europe
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2019756,00.html
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If the UK did host a missile silo or radar site it would likely prompt considerable opposition from the anti-war movement, and may spark protests echoing those at RAF Greenham Common in the 1980s.
Earlier this week, the prime ministers of the Czech Republic and Poland said they were "likely" to accept a formal request from the Pentagon to part-host the system. This prompted condemnation from a Russian general who said it would wreck the post Cold War balance of power in Europe
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2019756,00.html
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