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U.S. explores ways to involve Gabala radar in a missile-defense system for Central Europe

17 June 2009 17:08 (UTC +04:00)

These are Azerbaijan-based Gabala radar and radar installation in Armavir in southern Russia.
"A U.S.-Russian collaboration would have an additional benefit of a diplomatic signaling to the Iranians that this is an unacceptable course for them to pursue and that they will face a concerted international front, should they proceed down that path." Lynn said.
Lynn, along with Gen. James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency, repeatedly indicated the potential benefits of integrating Russia into the plan.
Lynn said that a radar installation in Armavir in southern Russia "would provide helpful early-warning detection in the case of an Iranian ballistic missile attack." O’Reilly told the panel that he had visited a Russian radar facility at Gabala, Azerbaijan, and that both Russian radars would be helpful in monitoring Iranian missile tests. The data gained "would significantly help our development of our missile defenses," O’Reilly added.