![[SM-3]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByt0XLq4-FTX576qGAI4PywyZRAXWTA0XcEky7ZFbM58Uy3Ju2yJ1GBer8-7rrllrfTofou8MZhHbclYAN61ySvuLLcg4x9hq7b1Jem4jKxYAJBZKqwBukg2CAO0nbeRFSDx9/s144/Standard_Missile-3_launch.jpg "The U.S. has 61 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers, each capable of firing 90 missiles, and 22 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers that are built for the Aegis Combat System and are already equipped for or can be upgraded to accommodate Standard Missile-3 interceptors")
On April 30 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization' s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen informed the Associated Press that the military bloc he leads will announce initial operational capability for the joint U.S.-NATO interceptor missile system in Europe at the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21.Identifying the progression from European theater interceptor missile systems like NATO's Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) and the U.S. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 battery deployed to Poland two years ago to current continent-wide territorial coverage with the integration of those systems with Washington's European Phased Adaptive Approach, the alliance chief said, "As far as NATO is concerned, we have tested the systems and they work."
The U.S.-controlled military organization recently announced that simulated tests on April 4-5 established the integrated system's viability and prepared the groundwork for successive, qualitatively more advanced, stages of development and deployment.
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