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14 November 2004 |
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,6903,1350784,00.html |
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US missile interceptors will not be based at RAF Fylingdales as alleged in your article 'US ready to put weapons in space' (World, last week). There has been no request from the US to site ground-based interceptors anywhere on UK soil, and therefore no decision, secret or otherwise, has been taken. President Bush has offered to extend the US missile defence system to protect America's 'friends and allies', and the government welcomes this undertaking, but again, no decision has been taken on whether or how this might be taken up. You suggest that two UK scientists have been working with the US Missile Defence Agency is evidence of 'a deepening relationship', but it is important that the UK has the most detailed possible knowledge of the US missile defence programme, precisely so that future decisions can be fully informed. The UK/US missile defence agreements we have announced over the past year or so are designed for that purpose. Geoffrey Hoon
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