Senators Defend Missile Proposal

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Sen. Trent Lott said Wednesday he would try to convince Russian lawmakers that a planned missile defense system for Europe poses no threat to their country and that concerns about the project were "a relic of Cold War thinking."

Lott and Sen. Ben Nelson arrived at Russia's Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, for the start of two days of talks with officials about strategic and economic issues.

The discussions come a time when many analysts say relations between the two nations are at their lowest point since the Soviet era.

On Tuesday, Russia tested a new multiple-warhead, intercontinental ballistic missile, and President
Vladimir Putin warned that the planned U.S. missile shield for Europe would turn the region into a "powder keg."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missile_defense_1

[Kiouni]

1. If this missile shield is not supposed

to stop missiles from Russia then why not let them in on the project? I'm sure a joint U.S. -Russia Missile shield would go over much better or wait, is the point of the missile shield Russia?