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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
for the future threat of an Iranian missile with a nuclear warhead against Europe, that, in the foreseeable future, our Standard Missile-3, and on ships placed in the Mediterranean, the Aegis system, and then upgraded over time, could take care of that particular threat.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing missile defense against potential Iranian threats to Europe.

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