..........U.S. officials have said that proposed missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic would be designed to intercept a missile attack by Iran on Eastern Europe, and would not affect Russia's security. "We consider such claims unfounded, and, naturally, that directly concerns us and will cause a relevant reaction. That reaction will be asymmetrical, but it will be highly efficient," Putin said. Putin said that Russia's latest Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles were capable of penetrating missile defenses and added that more-effective weapons systems are being developed. "We will have next-generation systems immune to any prospective missile defense," Putin said. While missile defense systems under development will only be capable of tackling ballistic missiles, he said, the new weapons will be capable of changing the altitude and direction of their flight on their way to target. "Missile defense systems are helpless against that," Putin said. .................. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_re_eu/russia_putin Is the Texas boy in Washington interested in peace? Looks like he chose again the wrong opponent for fighting. Wasting tax payers money, wasting American's lives, damaging the US image around the world, sad, sad ......