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Russia ‘right to fear UK-based missiles’

By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Jan Cienski in London

Published: March 6 2007 19:49 | Last updated: March 6 2007 19:49

Russia would have legitimate cause for concern if the Pentagon placed missile interceptors in Britain as part of its missile defence shield, the head of the US Missile Defence Agency has told the FT.

The Pentagon is negotiating with Poland over the possibility of installing 10 missile interceptors as part of its ground-based missile defence system. But UK officials recently said Tony Blair, the British prime minister, had lobbied the US to have his country host the interceptors.

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