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Article: TAC chief says focus needed on finding TBMs, in pre-launch phase; finding Scuds key to successful TMD role. (John Michael Loh, Air Force Tactical Air Command, tactical ballistic missiles, theater missile defense)
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- August 22, 1991
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In addition to the current DoD efforts to kill tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) in their terminal phase of flight, the Pentagon must focus more attention on how to kill TBMs before they launch, Gen. John Michael Loh, commander of the Air Force Tactical Air Command, said yesterday.
"I'm trying to put together a concept of operations that shows how we go about in a systematic way attacking these tactical ballistic missiles from pre-launch to terminal phase," Loh said at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Defense Writers Group. "A lot of attention has been paid to (the) terminal phase. In my opinion not enough attention has been paid to how we attack these ...