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November 20, 1999

NATO has launched the first phase of a study to design a continental missile defense system. Two $15 million contracts will be awarded to study how the existing communications network can be adapted to handle a missile defense system. There appears to be strong support within NATO for constructing such a system.--Stephen V Cole