Russian Iskander high-precision missile system The United Stated is abandoning a key part of its Eastern European missile defense plan due to development problems and funding, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced. The focus, he said, will be shifted to perceived threats from North Korea. Interceptors in Poland and Romania, the deployment of which had been the source of heavy criticism from... 

Romania has agreed to host US missile interceptors on Romanian territory. Russia has issued a warning after Romania agreed to host the US missile system site at a Soviet-built base in the country’s southern town of Deveselu. Moscow warned that the deployment of US interceptor missiles on Romanian territory comes without considering the talks between Moscow and Washington on the issue. Earlier...