Now Russian Experts Recommend Activating Cuba Radar
Posted : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:02 GMT
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Moscow - Russian military experts are recommending reactivating a radar facility on Cuba in response to US plans for a missile defence shield based in the Czech Republic and Poland, it was reported in Moscow Wednesday. Alexander Pikayev of the Institute for World Economic Sciences was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying a facility closed down in 2001 in Lourdes, Cuba, could be put back into service.
The reported proposal follows a warning Tuesday by a top US Air Force general that the deployment of Russian bombers to Cuba would cross a "red line" and the United States should urge its former Cold War foe against taking the step.
Russian media had earlier reported the military was also weighing whether to reinstate a Cold War practice of resuming bomber flights to Cuba or deploying them there.
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Author : DPA
Europe World News | Home
Moscow - Russian military experts are recommending reactivating a radar facility on Cuba in response to US plans for a missile defence shield based in the Czech Republic and Poland, it was reported in Moscow Wednesday. Alexander Pikayev of the Institute for World Economic Sciences was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying a facility closed down in 2001 in Lourdes, Cuba, could be put back into service.
The reported proposal follows a warning Tuesday by a top US Air Force general that the deployment of Russian bombers to Cuba would cross a "red line" and the United States should urge its former Cold War foe against taking the step.
Russian media had earlier reported the military was also weighing whether to reinstate a Cold War practice of resuming bomber flights to Cuba or deploying them there.
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