Top NATO Official: U.S., Europe Must Pursue Weapons Interoperability Together

By Adam J. Hebert / April 10, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The United States should design interoperability into its weapons systems so it can more easily fight alongside its NATO partners even if European capabilities are less sophisticated, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson said today. NATO's longstanding concerns about interoperability and mismatched U.S. and European capabilities are not just problems for the alliance's European members to address, Robertson said at a breakfast with reporters. As the dominant partner in NATO, the United States should take the lead to ensure coalition forces...

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