NATO Formally Invites Russia To Join Missile Defense

Nato Invites Russia To Help With Missile Defence Shield -- The Independent

New era sought that will bring Moscow in to 'become part of the family'.

Russia should be brought under "one security roof" with the West by allowing Moscow to playing a key role in "building and operating" a common, nuclear-defence shield, the Secretary-General of Nato has said.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen called for Russia to "become part of the family" ahead of a Nato conference this week which will – volcanic ash permitting – trace the future of the alliance in a world posing vastly different threats from those that became familiar during the Cold War.

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My Comment: It is not going to happen. Russia regards their defense as a Russian affair. To tie it to an organization in which they are not the dominant player is something that they are not prepared to accept.