US to activate missile shield over southern Europe: report: "The Czech Republic is prepared to host a missile warning centre funded by the United States and incorporated into a NATO missile defence system, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Friday.
"There is a plan to grant two million dollars in 2011-12 for the creation of a central shared early warning system, in the budget debate in the two houses of (US) Congress," he said during a press briefing in Prague.
Necas said at issue was a "technical-administrative" centre aimed at "detecting the launch of missiles against the territory of the Atlantic alliance."
"Right now, it is a bilateral issue, but it is assumed that this system will be part of NATO's missile defence," the head of the Czech government said.
Necas said it is likely that the centre could be located "in Prague or surrounding areas", but that "details will be negotiated later."
