Poland's National Security Council will convene Monday to consider a suggestion from German Chancellor Angela Merkel that NATO is the best forum for discussing U.S. plans for a missile defense syst...
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The U.S. is encouraged by Russia's willingness to discuss ways to defend against possible missile attacks from nations armed with nuclear weapons, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Sunday....
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Japan began deploying its first advanced Patriot missile defense system Friday near Tokyo, part of an effort to accelerate missile defense capabilities following North Korea's missile and nuclear t...
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The Russian government, while publicly critical of a U.S. plan to install missile defense bases in eastern Europe, is internally conflicted by it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.At t...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday denounced a U.S. plan to deploy missile defense sites in Eastern Europe, calling it a threat to the region.Ahmadinejad spoke at the summit of the S...
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The United States has reassured Poland it is taking steps to cooperate more with Russia and NATO on plans to set up a missile defense system in eastern Europe, a top U.S. diplomat said Thursday.Mea...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates failed Monday to coax Russia from its opposition to U.S. missile defense bases in Europe, but he suggested Moscow may be more flexible than it seems.Gates, on his fir...
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President Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday defended plans for a missile defense shield fiercely opposed by Russia. At a meeting in the Oval Office, Bush called the missile-defense...
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