An oil generator at the radar base will only serve as a reserve source, Obering said. There have been speculations on what energy the radar base will use in the Czech Republic. Obering said it was preposterous that the Americans in the Brdy region, where the base may be built, would construct a small nuclear plant. Obering said the base itself would be smaller than 100 hectares. Obering said the Americans would decide where to billet their troops. Obering said this would be decided on in the next stage. About 250 U.S.
troops are to be stationed in the Czech Republic under the treaty on the project signed on Tuesday. Obering repeated that the radar would Rice says Czechs might travel to USA visa-free by year end ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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