Transcript: NEW MISSILE PLAN BETTER SUITED AGAINST IRAN, GATES SAYS

INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
09-18-2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2009 - The new U.S. missile defense plan will offer
better protection than a previous proposal even if intelligence forecasts
on Iran prove wrong, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. As opposed
to earlier plans to build ground-based components in Poland and the Czech
Republic, the new sea-based approach is better suited to intelligence on
Iranian threats and would provide protection sooner, the secretary said.
Going a step further, Gates -- a former CIA director -- said the new arrangement
is preferable even if U.S. intelligence assessments that indicate Iran
is more focused on developing short-range missiles ...

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