Czech expert to work for American Missile Defense Agency

A Czech expert will probably be sent to work for the American Missile Defense Agency for a year, a spokeswoman of the Czech Ministry of Defense told the Czech news agency ČTK on Monday. The expert will collaborate with the agency in establishing how to engage the Czech Republic in the American anti-missile defense system to be installed in Europe. In November, negotiations with US Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow confirmed that there would be a Czech expert on the American agency’s team. The US had originally planned to install a radar in the Czech Republic as part of its missile defense system across Europe, but President Barrack Obama scrapped the plan in October of last year.

In related news, Czech-American relations have been blossoming in the past months. The US Ministry of Defense is sponsoring a number of Czech scientists and a branch of the American center for marine science is to open in Prague in late February.