US and Poland sign missile shield deal

The United States and Poland signed a deal on the 20 August 2008 to station elements of a US missile defence shield on Polish soil, in a move accelerated by Moscow’s intervention in Georgia but billed as not targeting Russia.

BBC News, 20.8.08: Russia condemns US missile deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7573409.stm

Russia Today, 21.8.08: Moscow: U.S. missile shield may spark arms race http://rt.com/news/

Deutsche Welle, 20.8.08: US, Poland Sign Deal to Station Missiles in Europe http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3580858,00.html

Polskie Radio, 30.8.08: PM tries to convince anti-missile shield sceptics http://www.thenews.pl/radio/news/artykul90303_pm-tries-to-convince-anti-missile-shield-sceptics-.html

Poland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Press Release, 20.8.08: Signing of the agreement regarding the placement in Poland of anti-ballistic defensive missile interceptors as well as the adoption of a Polish-US declaration of strategic cooperation http://www.mfa.gov.pl/Signing,of,the,agreement,regarding,the,placement,in,Poland,of,anti-ballistic,defensive,missile,interceptors,as,well,as,the,adoption,of,a,Polish-US,declaration,of,strategic,cooperation,20784.html

US: Department of State: Press Release, 20.8.08: Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/aug/108659.htm

US: Department of State: Text of the Declaration on Strategic Cooperation Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland, August 2008 http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/August/20080820150705xjsnommis0.831753.html

US: Department of State: Secretary Rice: Travel to Brussels and Warsaw, August 18-20, 2008 http://apostille.us/news/secretary_of_state_condoleezza_rice_to_travel_to_brussels_and_warsaw.shtml

Spiegel Online International, 20.8.08: Poland Risks Serious Confrontation with Russia http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,573307,00.html

ESO: Background information: Missile talks with Poles gain urgency http://www.europeansources.info/record/missile-talks-with-poles-gain-urgency/

The News, pl, 20.8.08: Rice - antimissile system is defensive in character http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=89560

The News.pl, 20.8.08: Poland and US sign antimissile shield agreement http://www.thenews.pl/radio/chatandserious/artykul89573_poland-and-us-sign-antimissile-shield-agreement.html

BBC News, 20.8.08: Rice in Warsaw for defence deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7571660.stm

Deutsche Welle, 11.9.08: Russia Continues Criticism of Missile Shield During Poland Talks http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3637378,00.html

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