Russia to Discuss Concerns Over Thule Radar During St. Petersburg Meeting With Rumsfeld

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov is expected to express Moscow’s concerns over U.S. plans to upgrade an early warning radar system in Greenland during a meeting this weekend in St. Petersburg with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a Russian Defense Ministry official said yesterday (see GSN, Aug. 10).

Last week, the United States, Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement to upgrade the Thule radar, which the United States wants to use in missile defense efforts.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said this week that the radar would be aimed mostly at monitoring Russian ICBM launches, according to the Moscow Times. 

“Russia can’t help being concerned,”, the Russian Defense Ministry official said. “These actions directly affect Russia’s security interests,” the official added (Moscow Times, Aug. 13).

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