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Better Missile Training Coming From STRATCOM, JFCOM

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Friday, May 1st, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt A single training capability that can be distributed from shooters to the president is the goal of the "All things Missile" initiative from U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in support of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and in partnership with all Combatant Commands (COCOMs), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and services. "What we're trying to do is develop one single training capability that will stimulate all the different warning screens across all of the multiple display systems," Patrick…

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