Medvedev Confronts U.S. on Missile Shield

Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev said he would deploy new missiles in Europe, confronting the U.S. on the day Barack Obama was declared the winner in America's presidential election.

Medvedev said he would place a short-range missile system designed to carry conventional warheads in Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Poland and Lithuania.

``An Iskander rocket system will be deployed in the Kaliningrad region to neutralize the missile-defense system if necessary,'' Medvedev said, referring to U.S. plans to place elements of a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Medvedev also chose the day when the eyes of the world were concentrated on the U.S. to propose extending the president's term in office to six years from four.

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