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Defense Professionals February 1, 2010 New head of NATO theatre missile defence programme -Previously he was Commander of the 446th Technical Support Wing of the 46th Air Brigade from Pisa. Here he supported NATO operations in Kosovo and Operation Enduring Freedom. During his career, he received several awards including the NATO Medal for Military Operation in former Yugoslavia and in Kosovo. Brussels and The Hague: On the 1st of February, Brigadier General Alessandro Pera takes up the position of new head of the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Office. He succeeds retired Brigadier General Michel Billard, in developing a NATO defence against theatre ballistic missile attacks on its forces. He will have quite a challenging agenda, which includes fielding a first capability this year. Prior to joining ALTBMD, Brig. Gen. Pera was Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff of the Air Force in Italy, where he was in charge of C4I and Transformation. From 2003 to 2007, he was Director of Support Directorate in CAOC 8 Torrejon (Spain). Amongst other assignments, this graduate in Aeronautical Sciences has served in SFOR Sarajevo. Previously he was Commander of the 446th Technical Support Wing of the 46th Air Brigade from Pisa. Here he supported NATO operations in Kosovo and Operation Enduring Freedom. During his career, he received several awards including the NATO Medal for Military Operation in former Yugoslavia and in Kosovo. On 29 January, at the farewell ceremony organized by the Agency’s Programme Office, Brigadier General Billard, who is going to retire, said he was “confident in the future of NATO collective defence, and more specifically, in the area of missile defence.” New operational capability As a first step, General Pera will handle the delivery of the interim ALTBMD capability. The ALTBMD will be built in increments, with the progressive addition of new missile defence capabilities in NATO command and control systems, as new national weapon systems, such as radars and interceptors are made available to NATO. The system will be one of the more sophisticated of its type, and will be the only system which can integrate all Alliance TBM defences. The ALTBMD capability will make NATO forces safer from the threat of short and medium-range ballistic missile attacks. .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
