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Senior Military Officials Write In Strong Support of MEADS Program

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

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NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff of the Army sent letters supporting the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) “proof of concept” plan before the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) defense panel completed work on the bill. MEADS is a next-generation, ground-mobile air and missile defense system that incorporates the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile, 360-degree radars, netted and distributed battle management and high-firepower launchers. The SAC- D report…

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