U.S., Russia Unlikely To Cooperate On Missile Defense, Experts Say

Qabala radar station (RFE/RL)

From Global Security Newswire:

WASHINGTON -- A number of political and security concerns make cooperation between the United States and Russia on missile defense unlikely, experts said this week (see GSN, Aug. 21).

"Politically it's going to be very, very difficult" due to distrust by Russian military leaders of their U.S. counterparts and other "bad atmospherics," Mikhail Tsypkin, an associate professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, said Tuesday during a panel discussion at the Hudson Institute.

Read more ....

Update #1: Russia, US may jointly monitor missiles -- WA Today

Update #2: Russia, U.S. undecided on observation site -- UPI

My Comment: If the two sides cannot agree on where the site should be .... how can they agree on the more technical details of this agreement.

My guess is that they cannot.