MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday its offer to the United States of joint use of a radar it controls in Azerbaijan made a planned American missile shield in central Europe unnecessary.
It stressed its offer was still open, despite Washington's signal it will press ahead with its plan to base radar and missile interceptors in Poland and the Czech Republic to counter the threat of a nuclear attack from "rogue" states like Iran.
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