目前出现的新威胁正推动着下一代防空、对地攻击和反坦克导弹的研制工作。如果能就多国研制计划达成协议的话,新导弹将可在九十年代初投入现役。 预计许多新导弹的研制将纳入多国计划,且通常在北约组织总的监督下进行。长久以来,导弹之所以在多国计划中占主导地位,是因为多数国家的军方都有类似的导弹 The new threats now under way are driving the development of the next generation of air defense, ground attack and anti-tank missiles. If an agreement on a multinational development plan can be reached, the new missile will be put into active service in the early 1990s. It is anticipated that the development of many new missiles will be integrated into multinational plans and usually under the overall supervision of NATO. For a long time, the reason why missiles dominated multinational plans was that most countries had similar missiles in the military