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Trump running mate supports missile defence shield in Poland

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Roberto Galea 05.10.2016 12:38
Mike Pence, the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has said he supports the development a US missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Mike PenceMike PenceEPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Speaking during a live TV debate, Indiana governor Pence said that current US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had “pulled back” on deploying the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic so as not to “offend the Russians back in 2009”.

He was speaking during a debate against Tim Kaine, the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Pence said that if elected to the White House, Trump “ought to deploy a missile defense shield” in Central and Eastern Europe.

“We've just got to have American strength on the world stage. When Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the Russians and other countries in the world will know they're dealing with a strong American president,” Pence said.

Under a deal signed in 2010, the US will station SM-3 missile interceptors in the village of Redzikowo, northern Poland, with the aim of protecting NATO countries from the potential threat of ballistic missiles launched from “rogue states”.

The SM-3 missile plan replaced a Bush administration proposal to develop a fully land-based missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic, which was cancelled by President Obama in September 2009.

The second and third US presidential debates will be held on 9 October in Missouri and 19 October in Nevada. (rg)

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