Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
The United States has no plans to deploy missile defence elements in the Black Sea, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher told foreign journalists, including Itar-Tass, on Monday.
“The Russians have been consistently advised as to what the phased adapted approach is and what the plans are for the four pieces of the timetable since the announcement was made by President Obama in mid-September,” she said.
“And my Russian counterparts were informed that I was going to be in Romania and that the President was going to offer Romania the opportunity to host phase 2 in 2015 – the land-based SM-3 site. And we have a Ballistic Missile Defense review and the Russians have been consistently briefed on it as our NATO allies,” Tauscher said.
She said the U.S. had no plans to deploy Aegis ships and there are no sea-based missile defence elements in the Black Sea.
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
[...] Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, specified the new proposal and highlighted that it is limited to hosting a land-based site SM-3. She said the U.S. had no plans to deploy Aegis ships and there are no sea-based missile defence elements in the Black Sea. [...]