The NFIRE satellite will use an infrared sensor to look for the plumes from missiles such as this one, which was launched on 21 March by the US Missile Defense Agency to test tracking technology(Image: Missile Defense Agency)
Russian Spy In Nato Could Have Passed On Missile Defence And Cyber-War Secrets -- Times Online
A spy at the heart of Nato may have passed secrets on the US missile shield and cyber-defence to Russian Intelligence, it has emerged.
Herman Simm, 61, an Estonian defence ministry official who was arrested in September, was responsible for handling all of his country's classified information at Nato, giving him access to every top-secret graded document from other alliance countries.
He was recruited by the Russians in the late 1980s and has been charged in Estonia with supplying information to a foreign power.
Several investigation teams from both the EU and Nato, under the supervision of a US officer, have flown to the Estonian capital Tallinn to assess the scope of what is being seen as the most serious case of espionage against Nato since the end of the Cold War.
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My Comment: Should I be surprised .... no. But if true .... Russian concerns on the effectiveness of the U.S. missile defense program may be justified .... it may be a system that works.