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    The Missile Defense Alarm System, or MIDAS, was a United States Air Force Air Defense Command system of 12 early-warning satellites that provided limited...
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    ALARM (Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile) is a British anti-radiation missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of Suppression...
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    warning system Oko reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from the United States. These missile attack...
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    to an incoming ballistic missile. The message was sent at 8:08 a.m. local time and the state had not authorized civil defense outdoor warning sirens to...
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    Joseph V. Charyk. The Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS) was the third program derived from WS 117L and focused on providing missile warning of ICBMs using...
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  • Asynchronous System), a 1979 operating system MIDAS Heritage a Monument Inventory Data Standard for recording historic sites Missile Defense Alarm System (MiDAS)...
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    then assigned to the S-200. The S-200 surface-to-air missile system was designed for the defense of the most important administrative, industrial and...
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    Defense Support Program replaced the 1960s space-based infrared Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS). The first successful launch of MIDAS (MIDAS-2) was 24...
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    Discoverer were used to test satellites for the Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS), an early missile-launch-detection program that used infrared cameras...
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    stage for several defense, intelligence, and exploration programs: SAMOS-E, SAMOS-F (ELINT Ferret) and MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) military early-warning...
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  • nuclear false alarm incident was caused when the Soviet Air Defense Forces' early warning system erroneously detected inbound missiles from the United...
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    a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program was...
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    satellite. Missile early warning Provides warning of an attack by detecting ballistic missile launches. Earliest known are Missile Defense Alarm System.[citation...
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    reasons behind this remain unknown. List of civil defense sirens Emergency Alert System Fire alarm system Long Range Acoustic Device Rotary woofer Testing...
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  • series of missiles, of which the RSA-3 are believed to be licensed copies of the Jericho II/Shavit, and the RSA-4 that used part of these systems in their...
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    reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of 500 kilometres (270 nmi; 310 mi). It was intended...
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    missiles and guns. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense...
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  • Dust defense, sometimes called environmental defense, was a proposed anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system considered for protecting both Minuteman and...
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    media related to Military satellites. Missile Defense Alarm System Space warfare Spy satellite Strategic Defense Initiative Why Isro's Gsat-7A launch is...
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    1961 to 2003. That year also saw the start of the Missile Defense Alarm System, an American system of 12 early-warning satellites that provided limited...
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    the "planning responsibility" for eventual operation of the Missile Defense Alarm System to detect ICBM launches with infrared sensors in space. The BMEWS...
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    Trophy (Israel Defense Forces designation מעיל רוח, lit. "Windbreaker") is a protection system for military armored vehicles. It is termed an active protection...
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    anti-missile systems aimed at intercepting ballistic missiles, which typically fly on a ballistic arc without complex maneuvers. However, cruise missiles are...
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  • (countermeasure) Infrared countermeasures National Missile Defense Reactive armor Strategic Defense Initiative Sentry gun "Танк Т-14 "Армата" или Т-99...
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    the radar system. Nuclear weapons and the United States PAVE PAWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Missile Defense Alarm System Defense Support Program...
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    overshadowed by the Corona system operated by the CIA. MIDAS - MIDAS or the Missile Defense Alarm System was a satellite system operated by the United States...
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    The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, 474L System, Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer...
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    AGM-88 HARM (redirect from HARM missile)
    The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions...
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  • needed. Accounts differ on whether the system, once activated by the country's leadership, will launch missiles fully automatic or if there is still a...
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    Defense Command space forces, including the Missile Defense Alarm System, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, Space Detection and Tracking System...
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