Photo: Getty ImagesObama Decides To Unilaterally Announce Secret U.S. Missile Tests, Satellite Launches -- L.A. Times
President Obama has decided to pre-announce to the world once-secret American ballistic missile tests and satellite launches.
The Democratic administration's goal is to show a friendlier face to other countries and to coax Russia to do the same.
It's part of a confidence-boosting initiative launched, so to speak, last fall when Obama suddenly abandoned the U.S. missile-defense system in Eastern Europe that had exercised the Russians, though it was aimed at potential future missiles from Iran.
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More News On The Announcement Of No More Secret Launches
U.S. to Provide Warning on Missile Tests -- Global Security Newswire
US to notify other countries of its ballistic missile launches -- Voice of Russia
US agrees to announce missile launches -- AP
My Comment: The Russians were notifying other countries of their missile launches two years ago, but stopped when no one was willing to do the same. I expect them to start announcing their own tests in the future.
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