USS Ramage Deploys to the Middle East

11/21/2015
11/20/2015: The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage left Naval Station Norfolk on Monday November 16, 2014 for an eight-month, independent Ballistic Missile Defense deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.  Credit: Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic:11/16/15 More than 5,000 Sailors…

USS Lake Erie Homeports in San Diego for its Missile Defense Mission

12/03/2014
12/03/2014:Lake Erie (CG 70) perform morning colors before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego. Lake Erie is replacing guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as a rotational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) destroyer out of San Diego. [maxgallery id="69364"]  Credit:Navy Public Affairs…

Allies Struggle to Implement NATO’s Lisbon Summit Decisions

06/07/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 06/07/2011 - The attendees of the November 19-20, 2010 NATO Lisbon summits (among the NATO heads of state alone and their subsequent meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev within the framework of the NATO-Russia Council) faced two independent BMD decisions: (1) whether NATO would agree to integrate…

Integrating Regional Missile Defense (Part One)

10/28/2010
The Challenge of Crafting Integrated Missile Defense in NATO and Other Allied Regions By Ambassador (Ret.) Jon D. Glassman, Director for Government Policy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Ambassador Glassman provides a two-part assessment of the challenge of building effective, integrated missile defense systems in NATO and in other regional allied…