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A new missile defence base was opened in November in northern Poland by the US, as part of Nato’s Aegis Ashore missile shield built to shoot down short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, and the shield’s Turkey-based radar will now be redirected from Middle Eastern to Russian threats.
The base at Redzikowo near the Baltic Coast had already been flagged as a threat by Moscow in 2007 during the Republican presidency of George W Bush when it was still being planned, Reuters reported, yet nothing appeared to impede its development under Democrats Barack Obama or Joe Biden, and it looks set to operate under Republican president-elect Donald Trump...
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