NATO To Protect Its Troops With Anti-Missile Defense System By 2010

MISSILE DEFENSE

Brussels (AFP) Mar 16, 2005
NATO announced Wednesday that it would protect its deployed troops with a new single theater missile defense system by 2010.

"NATO has agreed to give itself a single deployable theatre missile defense capability to give protection to troops against incoming missiles," a NATO official said. "It will combine (existing) national systems (such as the US-made Patriot missile)."

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the system would be a first and would cap 10 years of talks on the issue.

"The importance of being able to defend deployed troops against theatre-range ballistic missiles, such as SCUD missiles, was made apparent during the 1990s," NATO said in a communique.

"As a number of foreign nations continue working on ballistic missile programmes, as well as developing chemical, nuclear, and biological warheads for those missiles, the need for effective defences has increased."

The NATO official said the Western alliance planned to spend roughly 650 million euros on the project.

The decision to launch the program, which will involve all 26 allied members, was made last Friday but only announced Wednesday.

MISSILE DEFENSE

Missile Defense Test Failed As Support Arm In Silo Failed To Clear: General

Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2005
An interceptor missile failed to fire in a missile defense test last month because a support arm in the silo did not clear when it was supposed to, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday.

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