The latest U.S. plan for a European missile shield features a radar system that would be deployed next year, possibly in Turkey, to cue interceptors that initially would be based at sea, with upgraded variants to be installed on the ground in Romania and later in Poland, according to leaked U.S. government documents and congressional testimony by senior Pentagon officials.rnU.S. President Barack Oba-ma's plan for defending Europe against ballistic missiles gained a new level of legitimacy Nov. 19 when the 28-member NATO alliance agreed to a new strategic concept that for the first time includes defending its territories from ballistic missile attacks. Details of that plan have begun to emerge following the Nov. 28 disclosure of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and a Dec. 1 hearing held by the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee.
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