I was surprised to hear that the US wants to put missile defense bases in Eastern Europe (Poland and Germany), but this map explains the logic:
The graphic is from a Stratfor report explaining the change in US strategy after the cold war.
Also, Aaron Swartz has an interesting review of the book Way Out There In The Blue. The book describes how Reagan stumbled into the Star Wars defense initiative 20 years ago. This sentence alone is worth the price of admission:
Combined with Rick Perlstein’s forthcoming Nixonland, the books provide allegorical insight into our current government: Bush II has combined the criminality of Nixon with the intellectual emptiness of Reagan.
In September 2006, the last test of the ground based midcourse interceptor was a success. If you’re still hungry for more missile defense information, try this FAQ from the US Missile Defense Agency.
