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{{Short description|Counter-terrorist and field training exercise held in Florida, US}}

[[Image:AmalgamVirgoJun1-2-2001.jpg|thumbnail|185px|Amalgam Virgo 01 (June 1-2 / 2001) [http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/AmalgumVirgo.pdf Click PDF]]]

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[[ImageFile:AmalgamVirgoJun1-2-2001.jpg|thumbnail|185px|Amalgam Virgo 01 (1–2 June 1-2 / 2001) [http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/AmalgumVirgo.pdf Click PDF]]]

'''Operation Amalgam Virgo''' iswas a [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/ex-northcom.htm[North American CINCNORADAerospace Defence Command]] joint (multi-service) task counter-terrorist and field training exercise (FTX) carried out in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida on early June 2001.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/ex-northcom.htm |title=Exercises – NORAD / Northern Command |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |accessdate=2013-04-02}}</ref> [[NORAD]] sponsored the multi-agency planning exercise involving the hypothetical scenario of a [[cruise missile]] or [[UAV]] launched by a terrorist group <ref>Quote: TERRORIST GROUP ACQUIRES CM'S/UAV'S (page 17, pdf file)</ref>. [[Osama Bin Laden]] was pictured on the cover of the proposal for the exercise. Key military players involved in the exercise also included personnel from the 1st Air Force battalion, the U.S. National Guard, the U.S. Reserve forces, and the U.S. Navy.

Several naval ships including the [[{{USS |Yorktown (|CG-48)|USS}}, ''Yorktown'']] and thea Navy Aegis cruiser, were dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico as part of the multi-service anti-cruise missile operationexercise. Military land personnelPersonnel from the 1st Air Force also engaged in gatheringgathered radar information on low-level targets by using the Joint-Based Expeditionary Connectivity Center (JBECC), a deployable mobile shelter capable of being deployed to high-risk regions while providing early warning signals onof cruise missile attacks.

==References==

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==External links==

* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/amalgam-virgo.htm -– Overview | Operation Amalgam Virgo

* http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/AmalgumVirgo.pdf -– SEADS concept proposal for Amalgam Virgo, June 2001 | PDF

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