A US Interceptor Missile
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Czech town residents reject U.S. Brdy radar plan in referendum
"The inhabitants of Mirosov, a town situated near the western edge of the Brdy military training grounds, voted against the U.S.-planned construction of a military radar base in Brdy in a local referendum today.
The referendum did not focus directly on the radar which the USA wants to be part of its missile defense shield. Mirosov residents in the referendum asked the town councillors to do their utmost to prevent the radar's construction in Brdy, Mirosov Mayor Vlastimil Sykora said. A total of 51.51 percent of Mirosov's 1,786 inhabitants took part in the referendum. Out of them, 867 people said they want the councillors to struggle against the radar and 30 said they did not wish it.Most Czechs are opposed to the project, public opinion polls have repeatedly shown. According to the latest poll, 64 percent of Czechs are against the plan.
The USA wants to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic and ten missile interceptors in Poland. The US says the base is meant as defense against possible missile attacks from countries such as Iran and North Korea."
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