Translation of "Sentinel anti-missile system " (English → French) :

Is of the view that the US plan to establish an anti-missile system in Europe at this time may hamper international disarmament efforts; expresses its concerns about Russia's suspension of implementation of its obligations under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which has caused worries about the strategic balance in Europe; stresses that both issues affect the security of all European countries and should not therefore be the subject of purely bilateral discussions between the US and individual ...[+++] European countries; calls on the Council and the Member States to establish, together with NATO, a framework designed to include as many European countries as possible in the debate; invites the Council and NATO to evaluate estimated future nuclear threats from certain countries and the danger of a new arms race in Europe and to propose an adequate multilateral response to them;

13. Shares the Russian people's serious concern over the US plans to establish an anti-missile system in EU Member States; takes the view that new anti-missile systems risk leading to a new arms race, making Europe a target for military attack and creating new political divisions between EU Member States, as well as between Russia and the EU; calls upon the US to withdraw these plans, which have alarmed European public opinion; calls upon the governments and parliaments of the Czech Republic and Poland not to accept anti-missile systems on their territory;

4. Shares with the Russian people the serious preoccupation over the US plans to establish an anti-missile system in EU Member States; takes the view that new anti-missile systems risk leading to a new arms race, making Europe a target for military attack and creating new political divisions between EU Member States, as well as between Russia and the EU; calls upon the US to withdraw these plans which have alarmed European public opinion; calls upon the governments and parliaments of the Czech Republic and Poland not to accept anti-missile systems on their territory;

One of the reasons why the Europeans have divergent positions is that some of them feel that devising a so-called theatre system, that is to say a more regional anti-missile system, would be to their advantage.

The result of the research and investment in the last 20 years will soon materialize into a missile defence system for the United States and perhaps the allies of the United States (1250) The Bush administration plans on having an anti-missile system up and running by the end of September 2004.

But has the recent meeting of President Bush and Russian President Putin prompted the U.S.A. to a two-thirds cut in U.S. strategic warheads in exchange for Russia allowing America to proceed with testing the anti-missile systems?