Anti-ballistic missile
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#Anti-ballistic_missiles
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#Russian_inventions
#Surface-to-air_missiles
A Ground-Based Interceptor of the United States' Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, loaded into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska,
in July 2004 An anti-ballistic missile （ABM） is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles （missile defense）.
Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological, or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory.
The term "anti-ballistic missile" is a generic term conveying a system designed to intercept and destroy any type of ballistic threat; however, it is commonly used for systems specifically designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles （ICBMs）.
Israel's Arrow 3 There are a limited number of systems worldwide that can intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles: During 1993, a symposium was held by western European nations to discuss potential future ballistic missile defence programs.
In the end, the council recommended deployment of early warning and surveillance systems as well as regionally controlled defence systems.
During spring 2006 reports about negotiations between the United States and Poland as well as the Czech Republic were published.
The plans propose the installation of a latest generation ABM system with a radar site in the Czech Republic and the launch site in Poland.
The system was announced to be aimed against ICBMs from Iran and North Korea.
This caused harsh comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe （OSCE） security conference during spring 2007 in Munich.
Other European ministers commented that any change of strategic weapons should be negotiated on NATO level and not 'unilaterally' [sic, actually bilaterally]
between the U.S. and other states （although most strategic arms reduction treaties were ...