HUNTSVILLE (US), Aug 16: The head of the US missile defence agency said on Tuesday he expects to make recommendations in a matter of months on where to position interceptor missiles and radar in Europe to best protect against the threat of Iranian missiles. The European site would be the first expansion outside of the United States of an unproven US missile defence system.

“We are facing a real threat,” General Henry Obering said in a speech here.

“It is one that is growing. It is one that I consider to be one of the preeminent threats we’ll face in the 21st century.”—AFP