Controversial bases which had been planned for Poland and the Czech Republic are to be scrapped, after a review of the threat from Iran. Mr Obama said there would be a “proven, cost-effective” system using land- and sea-based interceptors against Iran’s short- and medium-range missile threat. Mr Obama said there would be a “proven, cost-effective” system using land- and sea-based interceptors against Iran’s short- and medium-range missile threat. Russia, which saw the old shield as a threat, initially welcomed the news. John Bolton, who was undersecretary of state for arms control and international security under President Bush, said the move was “unambiguously a bad decision”.
