U.S. Plans 'Star Wars' Bases In Eastern Europe

The Bush administration is planning to build an anti-missile defense system in central Europe to stop a ballistic missile threat from Iran, revisiting the late president Ronald Reagan's vision of space-based warfare. The proposal comes amid growing concerns about Iran's nuclear energy program, believed by Washington to be a cover-up for developing nuclear weapons. The US plan calls for installing ten anti-missile interceptors at a European site by 2011. A Pentagon spokesman said they had been in discussions with European allies for several years about putting the interceptors in place.