US army bases will appear on the Black Sea Coast, in Bulgaria and Romania. The US Military Academy at West Point has recently launched extensive courses to study the Russian culture and language. They started teaching the Iraqi culture and the Arab language three years before invading Iraq.

George W. Bush was outspoken in his intentions. His policies evoked irritation and rejection. Obama's administration is more diplomatic. However, Russia should not underestimate the danger that might be hidden in the new missile defense doctrine. "Those who say we are scrapping missile defense in Europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting what we are doing," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said

US President Barack Obama stated in his recent interview with CBS that Russia's paranoid views about the missile defense system in Europe had not shown influence on his decision to shelve the plans of the previous US administration to deploy missile defense system elements in Poland and the Czech Republic. "Russia had always been paranoid about this, but George Bush was right," Obama said

Europe originally was not thrilled about the deployment of interceptor missiles and radar station in Poland and the Czech Republic. Most European leaders could only make vague statements over the pressure from the previous US administration. Many leaders of the European Union saw the missile defense project in Europe as a Cold War vestige. Russia promised to take adequate measures in return and deploy Iskander missile complexes in the Kaliningrad enclave

The United States is prepared to turn down the idea of deploying missile defense system elements in the Czech Republic. It is not ruled out that the decision appears to be a consequence of the slow development of Iran's missile program. Obama needs to focus on first priority issues. One should not spend tax-payers' money on everything. The missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic is not a vital issue. Bush would take up everything - Afghanistan, Iraq, Georgia, missile defense, and he was not successful in all of those areas

The US Missile Defense System, a stumbling block in Russia-American bilateral relations, may prove to be the most expensive fraud of the present century. American physicists claim that the system has not been created as yet. They warned US President Barack Obama about it prior to his visit to Russia. The scientists, members of hundreds of military projects, urged Obama to forgo the plans to deploy elements of the US missile defense system in Europe

The politics of the US administration in the field of the ballistic missile defense will not be changed much, Brad Roberts, an official with the US Defense Department said. The Pentagon does not exclude alternative locations for the deployment of the missile defense system in Europe, but the United States will not take account of Russia's concerns at this point

Israel and USA tested the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Hetz in the Pacific Ocean. Missile Defense Agency director Lt.-Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly reported that the aim was to test the Hetz ability to shoot down the missiles with a range of more than 1,000 km. O’Reilly explained that Israel had designed the system to defend itself against possible ballistic missile attacks from Iran and Syria. The USA invested in the development of the system over one billion dollars

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during his speech at the Senate that the US administration was discussing an opportunity with Russia to deploy a radar station of the US missile defense system or the information exchange center on Russia’s territory. Gates referred to his meeting with then-President Vladimir Putin, although he did not specify the date, when the talks took place

Russia cut the amount of exported crude to the Czech Republic twice last week, which made the country use its owns state crude reserves. Russia started the reduction of shipments immediately after the Czech authorities signed an agreement to deploy a US radar station in the country. Czech media assumed that the reduction of fuel shipments became Russia’s response to the decision