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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of United States of America Concerning the Deployment of Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors in the Territory of the Republic of Poland*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

David P. Fidler
David P. Fidler*
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Center on America and Global Security, Indiana University, Bloomington
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International Legal Materials , Volume 47 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 1042 - 1053
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text appearing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland website: (visited October 23, 2008) < http://www.msz.gov.pl/bpt/documents/15739.pdf >

page 1043 note 1 Press Release, NATO, Prague Summit Declaration Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Prague on 21 November 2002,4(g)(Nov.21,2002),avai7aWearhttp://www.nato.int docu/pr/2002/p02-127e.htm.

page 1043 note 2 Id.

page 1043 note 3 See The White House, ABM Treaty Fact Sheet: Announcement of Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty, Dec. 13, 2001, http:// www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011213-2.html.

page 1043 note 4 Id.

page 1043 note 5 Id.

page 1044 note 6 Agreement Establishing a United States Ballistic Missile Defense Radar Site in the Czech Republic, U.S. Czech Rep., July 8, 2008, available at http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2008/ 07/radar.pdf (not yet in force).

page 1044 note 7 Poland Is Warned by Russia on Pact, N.Y. Times, Sept. 12, 2008, at A10.

page 1044 note 8 Guy Falconbridge, Russia Rejects U.S. Missile Proposals, Reuters, NOV. 12,2008, http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USTRE4AB2XW20081112.

page 1044 note 9 The U.S.Poland Interceptor Agreement does not specify how many interceptor missiles it covers. The Missile Defense Complex created under the Agreement refers only to ‘ ‘interceptor field consisting of ten silos” (Annex).

page 1044 note 10 See, e.g., Bolton, John, Obama's Russia Test, Wall ST. J., Nov. 7, 2008,Google Scholar at A16 (“It bears repeating that the system in no way diminishes Russia's own nuclear deterrent“).

page 1044 note 11 See, e.g., Barry, Ellen, U.S. Engages Russia on Missile Defense, N.Y. Times, NOV. 8, 2008,Google Scholar http://www.nytimes.com/2008/ll/08/world/europe/08missile.html (“The missile defense project accelerated during this summer's war in Georgia, which aroused Polish fears of a newly aggressive Russia“)

page 1044 note 12 See Ward, Jon, Russian Says Shield Makes Poland Target; Moscow, Georgia OK Truce with No Deadlines, WASH. times, Aug. 16, 2008,Google Scholar at Al.

page 1044 note 13 See Cullison, Alan, Medvedev Sends President-Elect a Tough Message, WALL ST. J., NOV. 5, 2008,Google Scholar at A15.

page 1044 note 14 Iskander-E (SS-26 Stone), Defense update, http://www.defense-update.com/products/i/iskander.htm (last visited Dec. 3, 2008).

page 1044 note 15 See Solomon, Jay, U.S. Sends Russia Proposals, Wall ST. J., Nov. 7, 2008,Google Scholar http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602931118207871.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#printMode.

page 1044 note 16 See Russia's Medvedev Calls for Talks with Obama,MSNBC.com, Nov. 15,2008, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/ 27741517/.

page 1044 note 17 See Pincus, Walter, Poland Won't Lobby Obama on Missile Defense, Wash. post, NOV. 20, 2008,Google Scholar at A18.

page 1044 note 18 See Champion, Marc, Sarkozy Urges U.S., Russia to Delay Missile Plans, wall ST. J., Nov. 15, 2008,Google Scholar at A6.

page 1044 note 19 See Associated Press, Sarkozy Backs Down from Missile Defense Criticism, Msnbc.com, Nov. 15, 2008, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27738847/.