Thursday, May 6, 2010

NATO chief calls for anti-missile system for Europe

NATO chief calls for anti-missile system for Europe: "Linking up anti-missile systems to protect NATO's European nations would cost under 200 million euros (250 million dollars) over 10 years, the alliance's secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.
'We have a sufficient intelligence to know that we're faced with a real threat, with Iranian aspirations as regards missile technology and nuclear programmes,' Rasmussen told a press conference at NATO headquarters.
'For this additional cost of less than 200 million euros over 10 years you'll get full coverage geographically as well as protection against the threat we can envisage today,' he added.
'It is not a big cost"