U.S., Washington, Oct. 7 / Trend N.Bogdanova/
The Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, considers Obama's decision to abandon plans for a long-range missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic as the undercutting of "natural allies" in Poland and the Czech Republic in exchange for improved relations with Russia.
Washington's decision "sends a very bad signal", the senator said in an exclusive interview to Trend .
President Obama last month has decided to abandon plans for a long-range missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic. US Administration believes that the technology in Iran is so far behind in terms of these long- range ballistic missiles that this is not the wisest use of our resources and they're more concerned with the shorter-range missiles.
Kyl also conceded that the issue of whether Iran is even technologically capable of hitting the West with a missile is a "huge consideration," a point the administration made in defending its decision, but the Arizona senator questioned what benefit the administration gets from scrapping the program.
U.S Administration believes that the technology in Iran is so far behind in terms of these long- range ballistic missiles that this is not the wisest use of our resources and they're more concerned with the shorter-range missiles.
"There is reason to be concerned about the shorter-range missiles. Iran has a lot of them, and that's never been in doubt," Kyl added.
Regarding with use of Azerbaijani based Qabala Radar Station an alternative missile defense shield, Kyle said that the issue is still under discussion.
"The issue of cooperation between US and Russia on Azerbaijani based Qabala Radar Station is still obscure" -believes US Senator Jon Kyl.
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