The United States has also concluded agreements with the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic that will allow the fielding of ten land-based interceptors and an X-band radar, respectively, in the two nations.

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Not that Bryan Singer has a particularly light touch, and indeed the script's narrative bookends land with a dull thud, but at least the "X-Men" director hasn't succumbed to the self-important bloat that mars Peter Jackson's work these days.

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