NATO leaders should consider the creation of a commonly funded pool of interceptors as part of their plans to create an alliance-wide shield against ballistic missiles, according to a trans-Atlantic group of defense companies chartered to advise NATO. Systems envisioned for the pool include the American Standard Missile-3, and the two notional European “Exoguard” and “Aster Block 2” missiles, according to an Oct. 13 briefing by the NATO Industrial Advisory Group circulated among defense companies. The concept would “allow the...
