US anti-missile system Czech Republic 'would threaten Russia'

A US proposal to install part of its missile defence system in former Warsaw Pact nations would be a "clear threat" to Russia, a leading Russian general said today.

Col Gen. Vladimir Popovkin, chief of the Space Forces branch of the military, which is responsible for missile detection, spoke two days after the Czech prime minister said the United States had asked to position a radar base in his country that would be part of the global missile defence system.