Russia blasts US missile shield in Europe

Source: CCTV.com | 04-24-2007 09:40

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Moscow. He's trying to persuade Russian leaders that a controversial missile defense system is not a threat.

Russia is against the planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says the US strategic missile defense system is a destabilizing factor that may considerably affect regional and global security.

Washington says it wants to station elements of its shield in Poland and the Czech Republic to protect it from what it calls rogue states. It's offering to share benefits of the system such as data and possibly technology. But Russia says any such threat is exaggerated.

Editor:Du Xiaodan