Will the U.S. missile defense assets in Europe provide coverage to all countries in Europe?
• U.S. missile defense systems in Europe would have the capability to extend coverage to all European NATO Allies at risk from long-range ballistic missile attack from the Middle East. Additionally, there are several countries (e.g., Greece and Turkey) that are not at risk of a long-range missile attack from Iran due to their proximity to the threat. Rather, they are vulnerable to short- and medium-range attack, for which Iran has demonstrated capabilities • The U.S. European assets could, in the future, be offered by the United States, Poland, and the Czech Republic as a contribution to a NATO capability to defend against long-range threats, if NATO approves a military requirement to acquire a missile defense capability to protect population and territory against ballistic missiles of all ranges • The future NATO ALTBMD capability or any NATO Member States missile defense system could complement the U.S. European missile defense deployments by providing coverage against shorter range
