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- Missile Defense Agency - Successor to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, "Star Wars") program. Develops and tests ballistic missile defense systems. History, photos, information about goals and technologies, and resources for prospective employees and contractors.
- Raytheon Missile Defense - Information on technologies and programs that support the ballistic missile defense system.
- Missile defense technology - A series of articles poising questions about technology failures in the field of ballistic missile defense.
- National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense Fact Sheet - Statement released by the White House in May 2003 on the beginning work towards deploying missile defenses.
- Raytheon Missile Defense - Describes technologies and programs that support the company's ballistic missile defense system.
- Heritage Foundation: Missile Defense - Recent studies and publications by the Heritage Foundation on the subject of ballistic missile defense.
- Ballistic Missile Defense and Northeast Asian Security: Views From Washington, Beijing, and Tokyo - Reports from a series of roundtables involving US, Japanese, and Chinese experts and officials on the impact of US missile defense deployments on Northeast Asian security, identifying areas of conflict and potential compromise.
- Army Technology: MEADS Defense System - Unofficial project information on the Medium Extended Air Defense System, the proposed replacement to the Patriot anti-ballistic missile system. Includes technical data and an image gallery.
- Ballistic Missile Defense Program News - News and developments pertaining to ballistic missile technology.
- Army Technology: THAAD Defense System - Unofficial project information on the Theatre High Altitude Area Defense System, an anti-ballistic missile system designed to complement MEADS and Patriot batteries. Includes image gallery and technical specifications.
Wikipedia Articles
- Anti-ballistic missile defense countermeasures - Anti-ballistic missile defense countermeasures are tactical or strategic actions taken by an attacker to overwhelm, destroy, or evade anti-ballistic missile defenses.
- Missile Defense Agency - The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense against ballistic missiles. See National Missile Defense for the history of DoD missile defense programs.
- Ballistic Missile Defense Organization - The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (or BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense. It was known as the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) until it was renamed by the administration of President Bill Clinton in 1993.
- Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site - The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site, is a missile test range in the Pacific Ocean. It covers about 750,000 square miles and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll.
- Arrow missile - The Arrow "Interceptor" (, Til hetz) is a theater missile defense (TMD) system; it is the first missile developed by Israel that was specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles on a national level. It is the only anti-ballistic missile system able to intercept its targets high in the stratosphere (other systems, such as ...