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Overview: What is Missile Defense?
Rumsfeld Asks Senate to Support Nuke Reduction Treaty
Missile Defense Agency works on layered missile defense program
Kadish Describes Missile Defense Progress
Ballistic Missile Defense Narrative
(BMDO Fact Sheet) International Cooperation
NATO Activities
Russia, U.S. Must Get Beyond Cold War, Rumsfeld Says to Putin
U.S. Missile Defense Efforts Will 'Move Beyond' ABM Treaty
U.S. To Develop, Deploy Ballistic Missile Defense System
Threats: Why America Needs Missile Defense
WMDs Raise Stakes as Anti-Terror War Continues
From Hitler to Hussein: The Need For Ballistic Missile Defense
Is There Really A Ballistic Missile Threat?
Rumsfeld To NATO: Prepare Now For Emerging Threats
Rumsfeld To Ukrainians: WMD Threats Is Real
DoD Looks to End 'Permanent Vulnerability' to Missiles
How Missile Defense Works
Missile Defense
The PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3
(PAC-3)
The
Navy Area Defense System
Medium Extended Air Defense System
(MEADS)
The Theater High Altitude Area Defense
(THAAD)
The
Navy Theater Wide
program
Joint Theater Missile Defense
programs
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Ground Based Interceptor (GBI);
Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR)
;
Forward Deployed and/or U.S.-based X-Band Radars (XBR)
;
Battle Management/ Command, Control, and Communications (BM/C3)
; and the
Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
in high and low earth orbit.
Missile Defense's 'Sweet Spot' of Success
Bright Light Signifies Missile Intercept Success
Missile Test 'Pucker Time'
Program History (BMDO Fact Sheet)
History of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Laying the Foundation For Today's Missile Defense Program
Transitioning to the Post Cold War Era
Evolution: TMD and International
Programs
Evolution: NMD
The ABM Treaty and the President's Decision not to Deploy NMD
Conclusion: A War Ahead
Graphic Images
Countries with Ballistic Missile Capability - 1972/2001
300 dpi (224K)
,
300 dpi (864K)
, 1972 Map
300 dpi (224K)
,
300 dpi (928K)
, 2001 Map
IFT-6 Mission Objectives:
72 dpi (128k)
, Primary Objectives
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Updated: 04 Oct 2004
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