MEADS in the Spotlight
In the aftermath of its successful first flight test in November of last year, representatives from MEADS [Medium Extended Air Defense System] International used the venue of the recent Association of...
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SMDC Delivers from the High Ground
John D. Gresham: What exactly is SMDC (Space and Missile Defense Command), what are its roles and missions, and what are your duties as its commander? Lt. Gen. Richard Formica: First of all, I would...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Vision Realized
While the story of Aegis writ large has been touched upon earlier – and told more extensively in many fora, most notably in the 2009 Naval Engineer’s Journal, The Story of Aegis: Special Edition – the...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Continuing Evolution
How the Threat has Evolved In an earlier post, we described how the worldwide ballistic missile threat has evolved. We described the numerous reports and commissions that identified this growing...
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Aegis Air Defense System at Thirty
It has been 30 years since the missile cruiser Ticonderoga first took the Aegis system to sea. In 1982, Aegis was a vastly expensive anti-aircraft system entering a world in which much simpler ones had...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Air-Sea Battle Concept and Aegis BMD
In an article in Foreign Policy in October 2012, “100% Right 0% of the Time,” Micah Zenko quoted Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta as he described Pentagon priorities in an era of reduced defense...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Aegis Weapon System, Missiles, and Launchers
Previous posts have focused on missile defense writ large and on ballistic missile defense more specifically, especially, as in the case of the AirSea Battle Concept, what Aegis ballistic missile...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile
It’s the Missile that Hits the Target The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis ballistic missile defense development. While there are countless components to the Navy...
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U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Operation Burnt Frost
The recent situation in Northeast Asia has been extensively covered by Defense Media Network. Over the past several weeks, international attention has been focused on North Korea’s increasingly...
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Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: The Ship-based Solution
The U.S. Navy’s strong commitment to a national ballistic missile defense is articulated in the 2007 tri-service A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (CS-21), which explains, “Maritime...
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Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: At Sea Today and Tomorrow
Strategic Underpinnings of Aegis BMD at Sea The most recent U.S. national level strategic guidance is the January 2012 Department of Defense document entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership:...
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