Pentagon Shifts To SM-3 For European Missile Defense
The new approach is based on revised U.S. intelligence estimates that indicate the Iranian ICBM threat has developed less quickly than anticipated, and European allies and U.S. forces deployed on the continent are more likely to face attacks of many more short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles from Iran, Gates said during a media briefing at the Pentagon. U.S. missile defense technology has also advanced rapidly in the last several years and the ability to counter short- and medium-range missiles has been validated in testing, he said.
“Those who say we are scrapping missile defense in Europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting the reality of what we are doing,” Gates said. “The security of Europe has been a vital concern for my entire career.” More
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