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NATO Unites Against Iranian Missiles
The Strategy Page ^ | 2/5/2011 | The Strategy Page

Posted on 02/05/2011 9:35:08 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

NATO has tweaked and tested its air defense systems to provide coordinated sensor (mainly radar) and control capabilities to support anti-missile missiles. The United States and several other nations have anti-aircraft missile systems that can also knock down ballistic missiles (mainly short range ones.) Now, the NATO air defense system can have additional anti-missile systems added, which the entire system able to coordinate defense against missile attack. The ultimate goal is to install American anti-missile systems capable of stopping longer range ballistic missiles, like those from Iran. This is expected to happen before the end of the decade, or sooner, if Iran becomes more threatening to European NATO members.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ballisticmissiles; bmd; gbi; iran; missiledefense; nato; nmd
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Another treaty that did jack squat with regard to Russian defense developments.


21 posted on 02/06/2011 7:03:03 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Yes, that was a W71 warhead.


22 posted on 02/06/2011 7:07:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

In addition, Sprint used a W66 low-yield, enhanced radiation warhead.


23 posted on 02/06/2011 7:09:31 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

You are wrong. The A-135 Gazelle uses a 10 kiloton burst.

Oh my bad. Used to be 5 back in the mid-1960s, but I guess they modernized the warheads from the old ABM-1 Galosh systems...


24 posted on 02/07/2011 3:05:17 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Anti missile defense is mostly BS. I doubt any system will do better than shooting down 10-30% in any salvo


25 posted on 02/07/2011 3:19:34 AM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: dennisw

Not if you have an intergrated layered defense that shoots down the warhead and avoids the penetration aids.


26 posted on 02/07/2011 4:13:36 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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