PRAGUE, April 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. missile defense experts, who arrived in the Czech Republic on Monday, will analyze the electromagnetic waves present at the possible site of the U.S. radar base that may be constructed in the country, Czech Defense Ministry spokesman Andrej Cirtek said.
The collected data will be used for drafting a
comprehensive spectral analysis of the possible radar locality, which is to be
based in the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague, the capital of the Czech
republic.
"There is only a low possibility that the operation
of the radar system would seriously interfere into the functioning of any local
facility," Cirtek said.
The five-member U.S. team met representatives of the
Czech military. They will remain in the country until Friday.
The Czech government officially agreed to start
negotiations with the United States over the location of a radar base, which is
part of a planned U.S. anti-missile shield in central Europe, on Wednesday. The
negotiations are expected to last until the year's end.
The United States unveiled its plan in January to
place a radar system in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in
Poland, as components of the missile shield. Washington has insisted that the
system is designed to counter future threats from countries such as Iran.
However, most Czechs oppose the proposed radar base,
citing fears over worsened relations with Russia and a threat to national
security and local environment.