This is indeed an intriguing piece of news. My main puzzle is that why did US brazenly went ahead with plans to install missile shield in Poland and Czech Republic? Did they not expect fierce backlash from Russia and China? Besides, with US' advanced military technology, interceptors back at American soil can destroy ICBMs from Iran well before they can reach America. Even if Europe needs to defend herself from Iran, it should be up to NATO to deploy the missile shields and not just the United States. Is this move really purely strategic or is it politically motivated? By building missile shields in Europe, it could serve many purposes.Firstly, many different nations in Europe will be divided over this issue, as Poland and Czech Republic has already responded to Russia's objection by saying that Moscow has not rights to interfere in this matter.
Also, by building missile shields in Europe, US is expanding her sphere of influence in the region. The states where the missile shields are installed will be compelled to be loyal to US since they have received a great favour from the States.
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