A simulated exercise with NATO and Russian missile-defense assets showed improved effectiveness against attacks when the former Cold-War enemies synchronized their operations in a single command-and-control center, according to the summary of a draft after-action report of the event. The March 26-30 computer-aided exercise, or CAX, was sponsored by a NATO-Russia Council working group on ballistic missile defense. Germany's IABG mbH, a Munich-based think tank closely linked to the defense ministry, hosted the event at the behest of the German...
