Missile Threat Shifts To Black Sea -- The DiplomatHow can America’s anti-ballistic missile architecture expand into the land and waters of the Black Sea region? Michael Bird reports.
The transformation of America’s security architecture for eastern Europe has thrown Romania into the spotlight as a key strategic location for defence against the threat of medium-range ballistic missiles.
US vice president Joe Biden made the first moves into this direction when, on a recent visit to Bucharest, he welcomed Romania’s “embrace” of the new US proposals for combating short and medium range airborne weaponry.
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My Comment: A good review on what will (probably) be the future positioning of U.S. missile defense systems in the Black Sea. This article examines the diplomatic consequences from such a development .... in particular on what will be the Russian reaction to the positioning of the Aegis system so close to its borders.
Hat Tip to New Wars for this article.
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