Defense Secretary Robert Gates peers out of a Silo Interface Fault to view an operational ground-based interceptor during a visit to the Missile Defense Complex on Fort Greely, Alaska. With Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Secretary Gates saw the nation's operational arm of its strategic missile defense capability and the Soldiers of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) who are charged with defending the nation during a visit June 1.
090601-A-7772C-001.JPG Photo By: Army Sgt. Jack W. Carlson III

Fort Greely, Alaska - Defense Secretary Robert Gates peers out of a Silo Interface Fault to view an operational ground-based interceptor during a visit to the Missile Defense Complex on Fort Greely, Alaska. With Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Secretary Gates saw the nation's operational arm of its strategic missile defense capability and the Soldiers of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) who are charged with defending the nation during a visit June 1.


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