The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense...
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The Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United...
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Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived...
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The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense that began on 20 May 1974 with the responsibility...
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National missile defense (NMD) refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had under development since the 1990s. After the renaming...
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under the umbrella of the Missile Defense Agency. The Navy has a similar program, the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, which also has a...
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Defense (GMD), previously National Missile Defense (NMD), is an anti-ballistic missile system implemented by the United States of America for defense...
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Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles...
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RIM-174 Standard ERAM (redirect from RIM-174 Standard Missile 6)
cruise missiles in flight, both over sea and land, and terminal ballistic missile defense. It can also be used as a high-speed anti-ship missile. The missile...
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Israeli Ministry of Defense's "Homa" (Hebrew: חומה, pronounced [χoma], "rampart") administration and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. It forms the long-range...
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from 2018; Naval Support Facility-Redzikowo was to transition from Missile Defense Agency control to the US Navy on Friday, 15 December 2023, according to...
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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United...
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Activity] Missile Defense Agency (MDA) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) National Security Agency/Central...
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The United States Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense [IAMD] Battle Command System (IBCS) is a plug-and-fight network intended to let a radar or any...
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In air and missile defense (AMD), the Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense system (IAMD) is a United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)...
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Space Tracking and Surveillance System (category Missile defense)
developed by the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to research the space-based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles. Data from STSS satellites...
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anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in...
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anti-ballistic missile with its target. This destroys the target by using only kinetic energy from the force of the collision. The two Missile Defense Agency programs...
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text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Locations". Missile Defense Agency. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019. This article incorporates...
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Aegis Combat System (redirect from Aegis missile defense)
operators). Aegis BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) capabilities are being developed as part of the NATO missile defense system. The word "Aegis" is a reference...
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Ronald T. Kadish (category Missile Defense Agency)
to head the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the Missile Defense Agency within the United States Department of Defense. Born in Kingston, Pennsylvania...
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The Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) is a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. MSIC is located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville...
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Other Defense agencies include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)...
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threshold. The range definition used here is used within the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The progenitor for the IRBM was the A4b rocket, winged for increased...
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David's Sling (redirect from Magic Wand (missile defense))
Terminal Missile Defense Interceptor Rafael Information About the David's Sling System From the Raytheon Website David's Sling, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)...
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air defense artillery in theater and tactical applications. As a component of national ballistic missile defense, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is responsible...
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Multiple Kill Vehicle (category Missile defense)
The Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) was a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal was to design, develop, and deploy multiple small kinetic energy-based...
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Long Range Discrimination Radar (category Missile defense)
Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system. The main contractor is Lockheed Martin, under a US$784 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency in October...
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Administration the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) the Office...
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