Europe Eyes Ships, Sensors For Missile Shield

By Amy Butler abutler@aviationweek.com .
Le Bourget .

European ships already equipped with advanced phased array radars (APAR) are likely the first foreign hardware input from the continent into the U.S.-led Phased Adaptive Approach missile defense architecture, according to Ed Miyashiro, vice president at Raytheon Missile Systems.

These ships, owned by the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, already have the MK41 launcher capable of ...

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