The exercise provided realistic training for the participating Navy BMD ships, providing a live target to track and simulating the intercept of a short-range missile.
Operating in the Virginia Cape operating area off-shore of Wallops Island, USS Monterey (CG 61), an Aegis cruiser, and USS Ramage (DDG 61), an Aegis destroyer, took turns tracking and simulating engagement of the Terrier-Oriole target while USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), another Aegis destroyer, participated by tracking the target.
The three ships, as well as SCSC, were able to successfully track the target, providing simulated target solutions that would have resulted in a successful intercept."
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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.
