U.S. Wants Missile Threat Analysis, Boost-Phase Interceptor Added To Talks With Russia

U.S. defense officials have asked their Russian counterparts to add ballistic missile threat analysis and a Russian boost-phase interceptor concept to a list of topics for discussion at a June 25-26 meeting, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said today. During a Tuesday (June 13) meeting in Moscow between Defense Secretary William Cohen, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev, U.S. defense officials asked that the two issues be discussed during a scheduled meeting of the Defense Consultative Group, Bacon...