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And with little surprise, a preliminary agreement has been reached between Warsaw and Washington on the missile shield system.

Washington plans to site a silo of 10 interceptor missiles at the Brdy army base in northern Poland to accompany a radar installation in the Czech Republic. The radar station, probably to be sited at Gorsko, has already been agreed by Prague and is awaiting parliamentary ratification.

No doubt what happened to Georgia has provided renewed urgency to conclude the negotiations.  I wonder if the Polish public becomes more favorable to the idea after the South Ossetia War?

…Meanwhile, an earlier report by BlackFive is apparently correct, Russia having signed the cease fire with Georgia and with each of the break away republics, has continued to fire on Georgia with ballistic missiles.

Over the last few days Russia has fired over two dozen SS-21 Ballistic Short Range Missiles into the country of Georgia, integrating ballistic missile strikes with their conventional military forces. The SS-21 is a road mobile, solid fuel, single stage ballistic missile, which is maneuverable in flight and carries a high-explosive warhead weighing up to 1060lbs. with 150 meter accuracy. It has a range of 43 miles. These missiles have been used by the Russians tactically for psychological and military targets as the Georgians do not have the capability to defend against or defeat ballistic missiles.

Must be peacekeeping again.