Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Budget breakdown: Navy and Marine Corps - News - Stripes

Budget breakdown: Navy and Marine Corps - News - Stripes: "With $176.4 billion to spend — the most in history — the Navy and Marine Corps will buy more weapons systems in fiscal 2012 that enable them to do more remote-control fighting from afar and, when called upon, get closer in to shore for future conflicts. Eventually. The budget makes official what Defense Secretary Robert Gates long has said was coming: DOD canceled the overdue, overbudget Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, will buy more F/A-18s while F-35 kinks are ironed out, and stock up on unmanned planes, helicopter and submarines."
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NATO Missile Defense for Europe





NATO has agreed to provide ballistic missile defense or BMD for all of Europe. This NATO BMD will protect NATO (European and American) military forces in Europe. It will also – for the very first time – protect the civilian population throughout Europe from ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction launched from the Middle East.
Much of this NATO missile defense for Europe – known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach – will actually be provided by the United States armed forces. This will include seaborne AEGIS missile defense on board US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, as well as land based radars and interceptor missiles.
This e-book describes how NATO missile defense for Europe will be organized and implemented.