Jun 2023. (This video includes animated sequences that are not necessarily representative of actual military hardware, technologies or capabilities.) Synopsis Every day, Allied citizens are protected from airborne threats by an integrated network of sensors, missile defence systems and fighter jets. Collectively, they’re known as the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (IAMD). But how does this system work?
Threats from the air are first detected by an array of sensors deployed by Allies. Based on land, at sea, in the air and even in space, these are capable of detecting aircraft or missile launches minutes after they occur. They feed the data to NATO command posts, such as the Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) in Uedem, Germany and Torrejon, Spain. Commanders can then determine the best way to deal with the threat.
The task might fall to long-range, high-altitude missile defence systems like the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), or the short-to-medium range French Sol-Air Moyenne Portée/Terrestre (SAMP/T). NATO can also use missile defence warships or fighter jets to deal with the threat.
In recent years, the Alliance has had to contend with new threats such as unmanned vehicles and hypersonic missiles. NATO is hard at work on tactics and technology to counter these problems.
May 20, 2022 A 30 mins panel discussion led by Ms Liu Xin, a very important TV personality known to CGTN's 150 million viewers because of her program "The Point".
ury Tavrovsky, chairman of Experts Commission of Russian-Chinese Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development
Ulrich Brückner, professor, Stanford University in Berlin
Michael E. O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution
Brian Berletic, Geopolitical Analyst, Bangkok
Jan Oberg, Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, TFF, in Lund, Sweden.
Yle Vega 8.10.2017: "SFP:s presidentkandidat Europaparlamentarikern Nils Torvalds anser att det säkerhetspolitiska läget och EU:s fördjupade utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik förutsätter att Finland går med i Nato. Den gamla diskussionen om ett ja eller nej till Nato är enligt Torvalds förlegad."
"It was announced yesterday that the United States will have a missile defense shield to cover its allies by 2018. Bradley Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, told the House of Representatives Armed Serv
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