White HousespokespersonJoshEarnest pointed out that "there areradarfacilitiesandantiballisticmissilefacilities that have been installedinplaceslikeJapan and Guamand in Alaska."
But here in Warsaw, people were waiting for only one thing -an assurance that despite scrapping Bush-era plans for an antiballistic missile shield, the U.S.had not turned its back on Central Europe.
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This should hold us over until we develop a thorough, sophisticated land-based antiballisticmissile system.