Shared Early Warning Center to Detect Third-Party Launches

By Anne Plummer / June 6, 2000 at 5:00 AM
President Clinton's and Russian President Vladimir Putin's agreement Sunday to move forward on a joint early warning missile center in Moscow will eventually alert each nation of missiles launched by other countries and aimed at either the United States or Russia. The agreement to form the U.S.-Russian center, called the " Joint Data Exchange Center ," outlines a plan to gradually increase the level of information the two nations exchange. Beginning with reporting missiles and weapons-delivery vehicles launched by either...

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