Obama discusses missile defence on Fox

US presidential candidate Barack Obama has indicated that as president he would back the United States’ missile defence project in Europe; he discussed the issue earlier in the week in an interview with Bill O’Reilly of broadcaster Fox News. The official Democratic Party candidate called plans for the system “appropriate” but stressed he needed to be sure the system would work. Czech and US representatives in July signed the main treaty on a proposed radar base on Czech territory to complement interceptor rockets in Poland, as part of the US system. The shield aims to counter threats to the US by so-called rogue states. The Republican challenger, John McCain, is seen as a strong supporter of the missile defence programme.