International Business News - Missile http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain would carry out the Bush administration's missile defense plans in Poland if he were elected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/poland-avoids-missile-defense-topic-with-obama.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:31:53 EDT The United States and leaders of the Czech Republic agreed Tuesday to place a radar system in this former Soviet satellite that would warn of long-range missiles coming to Europe from the Middle East. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88048-czech-us-rice-missile-defense.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/rice-poland-visit-to-discuss-defense-unlikely.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/rice-poland-visit-to-discuss-defense-unlikely.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:43:09 EDT Poland and the United States said Monday that missile defense talks would continue despite Warsaw's rebuff of the latest U.S. offer. Following talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski rejected the suggestion that the hastily arranged meeting was aimed at salvaging a deal to allow U.S. interceptors on Polish soil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/us-poland-talk-on-missile-defense.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:55:39 EDT Poland's deputy prime minister says that differences remain in the Polish and U.S. approaches to an agreement on placing a U.S. missile defense base here. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85673-poland-us-missile-defense.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/us-polish-differences-over-missile-plan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/us-polish-differences-over-missile-plan.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:18:19 EDT Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg says that his government will sign a deal with the United States next week on installing a U.S. missile defense radar. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/czechs-missile-deal-to-be-signed-soon.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:11:49 EDT Poland's prime minister spoke with Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday to discuss negotiations over basing American missile defense interceptors in Poland, a government spokesman said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/84797-poland-soccer-euro-2012.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/polish-pm-us-ambassador-meet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/polish-pm-us-ambassador-meet.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35:03 EDT The United States and Poland have tentatively agreed to base American missiles in Poland for a future missile shield against Iran, U.S. and Polish officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/us-missile-defense-deal-in-polands-court.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:50:04 EDT A Polish negotiator says his country and the United States have completed talks on a missile defense installation but that Polish leaders must still decide whether to accept a base. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/poland-and-us-end-missile-defense-talks.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:54:53 EDT Russian lawmakers warned Lithuania against agreeing to place U.S. missile defense sites in the Baltic country, saying Wednesday that such a move could trigger a Russian military buildup in the region. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/russia-warns-lithuania-on-us-missile-defense.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:33:39 EDT The Pentagon said Tuesday that Lithuania would be a "good alternative" to Poland as the site for a U.S. missile defense base if negotiations with the Poles fail. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/gates-says-lithuania-would-be-good-missile-site.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:35 EDT The United States said Tuesday that it continues to believe it can strike a deal to set up a missile defense base in Poland, despite negotiations bogging down in a dispute over military aid for Poland. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/us-committed-to-poland-on-missile-talks.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:54:43 EDT Poland's prime minister on Tuesday emphasized that an eventual deal on accepting a U.S. missile defense base must strengthen his country's security, and dismissed suggestions that negotiations have stalled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/poland-us-base-must-help-polish-security.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:34:33 EDT Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday harshly criticized U.S. plans for missile defense sites in Europe, saying it will undermine regional security. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80597-russia-eu-summit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/russia-president-says-us-missile-defense-harmful.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/russia-president-says-us-missile-defense-harmful.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:55:18 EDT The military's ground-based missile defense system destroyed a missile launched from an airplane in the first successful test of the system's ability to destroy a warhead that separates from its booster, the Missile Defense Agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79593-missile-defense-test.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/us-military-shoots-down-separating-missile-in-test.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/us-military-shoots-down-separating-missile-in-test.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:21:50 EDT Lockheed Martin Corp. said Wednesday it received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for 111 cruise missiles. The procurement contract, which brings to 1,053 the number of such missiles ordered by the Air Force, includes systems engineering and flight test support. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/lockheed-martin-gets-107m-cruise-missile-contract.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:48:46 EDT U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe could be delayed well beyond the 2013 target because Defense Department experts say the interceptors have not been adequately tested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/testing-could-delay-missile-defense-plans.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:33:01 EDT Russia's foreign minister urged the U.S. on Friday to postpone the planned deployment of missile defense sites in Europe and called for a delay of NATO's eastward expansion to mend frayed ties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/russia-urges-us-to-delay-missile-plan.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:08:49 EDT Washington has been talking with Lithuania about basing part of a missile defense system in that country in case negotiations with Poland break down, a top Polish diplomat said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/us-talks-missile-defense-with-vilnius.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:36:45 EDT The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64970-missile-defense-test.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/military-shoots-down-missile-in-test-off-hawaii.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/military-shoots-down-missile-in-test-off-hawaii.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:19:31 EDT The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/military-shoots-down-missile-in-test-off-hawaii.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:25:12 EDT