US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed an official agreement in Prague on 8 July to base part of the US’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield on Czech soil.
The agreement will allow the US to site a mid-course X-band tracking radar at Brdy, in southwest Bohemia, to guard against the potential threat of missiles being fired from what Washington calls ‘rogue states’, such as Iran and North Korea.
“This missile defence agreement is significant as a building block, not just for the security of the United States and of the Czech Republic, but for the security of NATO and ultimately for the security of the international community,” Rice said at the signing.
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