Ways of Countering a Growing Global Missile Threat:
Examining Means, Methods, and Defensive Deployments at All Levels

The international conference in Israel will assemble a select group of senior military representatives and defense industry professionals from around the world to share and examine a wide array of approaches and technologies aimed at countering proliferating missile threats.


Israel, May 3rd, 2010...On May 5th and 6th, 2010 a select gathering of senior military representatives and defense industry professionals from around the world will present and share approaches and technologies as well as discuss a variety of critical means and methods focused on active missile defense.  This special forum will discuss the aspects of the threat posed by missiles, as well as approaches and technological solutions that have been developed and are deployed in various hot spots around the globe.

The 2010 Israel Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition, organized by IMDA – Israel Missile Defense Association, Technologies Group, and ISAA – Israel Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, will take place at the AVENUE conference center, Airport City, Israel.

Participants include Frank A. Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Policy and Verification Operations, US Department of State; Lieutenant General Manfred Lange, Vice Chief of Staff German Air Force; Brigadier General Giovanni Fantuzzi, Director, Plans & Policy, Italian Air Force General Staff; as well as a representative from the Bureau of Defense Policy, Japan Ministry of Defense; representatives of the Indian Ministry of Defense; NATO; and senior Israeli military, and defense industry professionals.  Each will present their respective national perspectives concerning active defense against the growing threat of missiles.

“There is a growing urgency worldwide regarding the threat posed by missiles of all ranges and capabilities,” says Colonel (res.) Amnon Ben David, former Deputy Commander of Air Defense Forces in the IDF and conference moderator on behalf of Technologies Group.  According to Ben David, a global shift from familiar conventional warfare to the war on terror, asymmetric fighting, and low intensity combat demand a new approach.  To that end, he points out that, “This conference will serve as a platform for decision makers and representatives of defense industries around the world to present various defense approaches, technological achievements and plans for the future… Without a truly international dialog, combined with keeping an open mind regarding a range of different approaches to the threat, it would be impossible for such a complex

technological undertaking to maintain its requisite freshness of thinking and flexibility in development.”
 
In parallel to the conference, there will be an exhibition that will include Israel’s missile defense solutions including a first exhibit of Iron Dome’s command and control module.  Additional displays will include the Arrow anti ballistic missile defense system (Arrow 2 and 3), Barak 8 - anti ship launched missile system, and many others.

For more information please visit:
http://technologies.co.il/beta/en-us/Conference.aspx?Id=1

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