U.S. NAVY THEATER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Theater Combat Systems, with the cooperation of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Missile Defense Committee, would like to extend an invitation for you and your staff to join us for a U.S. Navy Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD) Conference on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. The conference is focused on the theme: "Achieving Ballistic Missile Defense." The objective of this conference is to review the Navy's development and deployment plans and future opportunities aimed at ensuring the Navy deploys an effective TBMD capability within the next five years. The threat from theater-based ballistic missile attack is real and growing daily. In an era where U.S. and Allied Forces are often assigned roles as observers and peacekeepers, their presence is not easily concealed. Enemy targeting of these forces is an unavoidable reality. This is a day-long forum wherein senior U.S. government officials and industry decision makers, who are further defining the threat and developing counterstrategies, can exchange views. The conference will take place on Wednesday, September 13, 2000, at the Kossiakoff Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. This one-day conference will feature key Department of Defense leaders who are fielding and employing naval tactical ballistic missile defense systems. This conference will be unclassified. Your participation in this program is important as we move towards "Achieving Ballistic Missile Defense." Registration may be accomplished by mailing or faxing the registration form found in this brochure, or through NDIA's web site at http://www.ndia.org. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, please contact Alison King at (703) 247-9478. WEB: Click here to register for this event or to find out, http://register.ndia.org/interview/register.ndia?~Brochure~016. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the POC for this event., aking@ndia.org. Posted 07/06/00 (W-SN471986).

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