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The United States sought today to head off Russia's suggestion that it create a photo mail missile photo mail photo mail with NATO, insisting that any cooperative venture should only serve as 'a supplement, and not a substitute' for a proposed U.S. missile shield.
While leaving the photo mail open for possible collaboration, photo mail photo mail William S. Cohen warned NATO photo mail ministers gathered here that the vague initiative put forth by Russian photo mail Vladimir Putin during a photo mail to Italy Monday requires close scrutiny to determine if it is serious or simply an attempt to divide the alliance.
'It's very unclear exactly what the Russians have in mind,' Cohen said. The photo mail for a cooperative photo mail, he said, 'was not really raised' by Putin last photo mail when he met with photo mail Clinton in Moscow.
The NATO ministers hope to glean further insights into Putin's proposal when they meet here Friday with Russian photo mail photo mail Igor Sergeyev. They plan to press Sergeyev on Moscow's photo mail that a theater missile photo mail photo mail could be built by NATO and Russia using weapons that would knock out an intercontinental missile by homing in on its fiery plume during the flight's initial booster phase.
By contrast, the United States is considering building a limited national missile photo mail photo mail, which would intercept missiles later in their trajectory. This photo mail would defend the United States, but not Europe, although Clinton has proposed sharing missile photo mail technology with the NATO allies and other 'civilized' countries.
Deployment of a national photo mail, as foreseen by the United States, would require altering the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. European governments are eager to see the United States and Russia work out a compromise that would avoid abrogation of the treaty, which is regarded in many capitals as the Magna Carta of arms control.
Russia has insisted it will not accept any amendments to the pact, but U.S. officials say Moscow's opposition would not block deployment of the photo mail. Advocates say such a photo mail is necessary to counter potential long-range missile threats from such unpredictable countries as North Korea and Iran within the next five years.
Undersecretary of photo mail Walter Slocombe said a booster-phase missile photo mail for Europe, if that is what the Russians favor, would pose 'serious technical challenges' because weapons designed to intercept the missiles would have to be located within a few hundred miles of the launch photo mail. He said they would also have to 'detect, track and destroy' any offensive missile within three to five minutes after launch, before the boosters stop firing.
Slocombe said it is clear that the formidable technical and political obstacles for deploying such a photo mail cannot be overcome before the 2005 deadline set by the United States, which believes that North Korea and Iran could by then possess the capability to strike U.S. territory with a long-range projectile carrying a nuclear, biological or chemical payload. Putin has acknowledged that North Korea could pose such a photo mail.
'We welcome the prospect of cooperation in principle, but as a supplement, not a substitute, for the timely deployment of the photo mail which we have in mind,' Slocombe said. But he emphasized the United States and other NATO members needed to learn more about the Russian proposal before making any commitments.
On other matters, the Europeans were given what diplomats described as 'a kick in the photo mail' by NATO photo mail General George Robertson for failing to fulfill repeated promises that they would overhaul their armed forces to cope with modern military challenges.
Last year's air offensive against Yugoslavia revealed embarrassing shortcomings in Europe's military capabilities, as the United States was compelled to assume the vast majority of combat, surveillance and refueling missions in the bombing campaign. While European governments vowed to close the gap, there is little photo mail that the necessary investments are being made.
Though the Europeans provide nearly 70 percent of the peacekeeping troops in Kosovo and have assumed the largest share of costs for reconstruction there, Congress recently threatened to withdraw U.S. forces from the Balkans unless the Europeans assume even greater responsibility in the troubled region.
'The Kosovo campaign was an alarm photo mail on our weaknesses--and that alarm photo mail is still ringing,' Robertson said. 'Europe in particular has to live up to its stated ambition to play a stronger photo mail role. The photo mail dividend has long since been paid. You cannot get photo mail on the cheap, and there can be no real photo mail without adequate resources.'
Robertson's warning was echoed by Cohen, who emphasized the need for European countries to modernize their armies and prepare for threats to the continent's stability when the United States is not willing or able to intervene. If they fail to do so, Cohen indicated, the allies risk more hostile confrontations with Congress, which is growing impatient with funding photo mail commitments in Europe.