Europe Could Face Iranian Missile Salvo, Says Gates
June 18 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran's potential capability to attack Europe with "scores or even hundreds" of missiles factored into plans to place a missile defense system in Europe, Reuters reports.
The Obama administration announced last September that it would integrate sea- and land-based missile defenses in and around NATO allies in Europe to protect them.
U.S. intelligence indicated that an Iranian attack on Europe could involve not one or two missiles, but a...
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