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Israel Integrates with NATO Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Systems

By Sean Osborne

By Sean Osborne, Associate Director 19 JULY 2010: Not quite 6 weeks ago, between 7 and 9 June, an Israeli delegation attended a briefing given by the NATO Program Office for the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense System (ALTBMDS) Operational Users Group, led by the United States, Germany, Italy, Poland, the U.K., France, Holland and Canada. The briefing brought the Israeli’s up to speed on the current and future capabilities of the NATO ballistic missile defense system. At the same time the NATO side was briefed by Israeli Brigadier General (Ret.) Eitan Yariv on Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. Obviously, the two systems were immediately recognized to be mutually compatable and would provide an immediate increase in joint capabilities against hostile ballistic missile threats against Europe, Israel and forward deployed NATO forces in the Middle Eastern theater of operations (Operation Enduring Freedom)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).