While we can work cooperatively together, we cannot agree to the pre-conditions outlined by the Russian Government. First, it would allow Russia to see with its own eyes what we are doing on missile defense and it will give us time to demonstrate how our systems operate.Įt me be clear. Missile defense cooperation can achieve two very important objectives. Third, the U.S.-Poland agreement for the Phase 3 land-based site entered into force as well.Īnd then a few weeks later in early October, Spain agreed to serve as a home port for four Aegis destroyers.Īs we like to say in the United States, that’s not bad for government work.Īt the same time as we are working with our NATO Allies, there is a tremendous opportunity to develop a meaningful strategic partnership with Russia in the area of missile defense cooperation. Second, we signed the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement with Romania to host the Phase 2 land-based SM-3 site. It has been a great privilege for me to have worked so closely with all of our Allies over the last couple of years to reach this point, especially my colleagues in Poland, Romania, Spain, and Turkey.īecause of their support and leadership, for which we are incredibly grateful, we were able to reach agreement on the basing of our missile defense assets in Europe.Īs you know, last September, we made three big announcements.įirst, Turkey agreed to host the Phase 1 ANTPY-2 radar. forces against the existing ballistic missile threats. This progress was only possible because our NATO Allies embraced President Obama’s European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA), which is focused on protecting our European allies and deployed U.S. That means that NATO now has its first missile defense radar, its first interceptors, a single commander, and a NATO command and control system for ballistic missile defense. In that year-and-a-half period, the United States and our NATO Allies have achieved an operationally significant peacetime ballistic missile defense capability. Department of State: The progress on missile defense is remarkable given that NATO only made its decision to develop a territorial ballistic missile defense capability 18 months ago. One of the top ten games for the Atari 8-bit home computers.From Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. There is a clever hack, called Missile Command+ that faithfully reproduces all three bases. Later on smart attacking missiles attempt to dodge your defending SAM explosions requiring even more accurate shooting.Īs an arcade conversion, it's not perfect – the biggest difference is that there is only one missile base instead of three – perhaps more a limitation of the available input devices. With careful aim, neat chain reaction explosions engulf multiple incoming warheads, especially those pesky MIRVs. When your SAM successfully destroys an attacking missile, it in turn explodes. Lines show the path of missiles whilst expanding circles simulate warhead explosions. The graphics and sound are basic though functionally faithful to the original arcade version. The original arcade game featured a wonderful trackball controller to aim your missiles – the Atari 8-bit conversion lets you use a trackball but needs to be enabled from the keyboard using CTRL-T. The aim of the game is defend your cities from attacking missiles and bombers using a limited supply of surface-to-air missiles.
Can still be found in the back of the certain arcades, and well worth a 10p investment.Įxcellent conversion of the coin-op classic. One of those simple but maddeningly addictive games, it was transferred to home consoles but never quite the same without the speed and accuracy of the trackball.
There was no end to the game, just ever faster and more agressive missile attacks, resulting in some frantic trackball spinning. You could also allow a missile to strike a destroyed city and conserve your arsenal.ĭestroying all missiles in a wave and keeping at least one city alive would allow you to progress to the next, faster wave. The cursor on the screen controlled where your counter measure would strike, and you had to time firing to ensure the explosion caught the incoming missile in it's halo.Ĭareful tactics were required to prevent using up your limited supply of ammo, so timing a shot to take out more than one missile was key to getting to the higher levels of the game. You had 3 missile bases from which to launch counter-measures, which destroyed the missiles in mid flight before they could hit your cities, with each missile base having it's own fire button. Your mission was to defend 6 cities at the bottom of the screen from attack by missiles raining down from the top of the screen. This classic arcade game from Atari was one of the first to feature a trackball, a kind of large upside-down mouse wheel, to move around the game.
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