ORC survey confirms local findings

A survey conducted by the US Opinion Research Corporation indicates that the majority of Czechs are opposed to the idea of hosting a US radar base on Czech territory. According to the survey results 51 percent of respondents were strongly opposed to the idea, and another ten percent remain unsure. Only a third of Czechs said they approve of the plan. 57 percent of respondents said they did not believe that a US radar base in the country would increase the Czech Republic's security. Washington wants to expand its missile defense system to central Europe and would like to deploy a radar base in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland. Neither country has as yet made a final decision.