embassy events 2007 

Embassy Official Talks Missile Defense at National Defense University

14 November 2007

Col. Munyer engages Polish officers in Rembertow

Colonel Walter A. Munyer, the U.S. Embassy's Air Attaché, visited the National Defense University in Rembertów on Monday, November 12 to speak to an audience that included University academics and military officers enrolled in the postgraduate strategic course about missile defense.  During the presentation, he covered technical aspects of the ground-based missile interceptor system and then spoke in detail about the proposed European Interceptor Site.  He presented to the audience the operational aspects of the system and discussed how it would contribute to the overall missile defense strategy for Europe and how it would complement NATO's planned ballistic missile defense system.  He also described the differences between United States and Russia positions on basing a ground-based missile interceptor system in Poland and the Czech Republic.