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NATO Successfully Tests Missile Defenses In Operationally Realistic Environment

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 26th, 2011

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NATO yesterday said it has taken a significant step forward in providing its commanders the capability to defend deployed forces against attacks from ballistic missiles in a successful test in a realistic operational environment. The NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Interim Capability, made available to the NATO operational commanders at the beginning of the year under contracts with Team SAIC and Thales Raytheon Systems (Defense Daily, June 22, 2010, Jan. 28). The ALTBMD test was the first…

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