Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against …

The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) mission is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile …

The term "national missile defense" has several meanings: (Most common, but now deprecated:) U.S. National Missile Defense, the limited ground-based nationwide antimissile system in …

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense against ballistic …

Defense Primer: U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Ballistic missiles fielded by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia could threaten the U.S. homeland, U.S. forces abroad, and U.S. allies and …

What are missile defense systems specifically trying to defend against? What makes up a missile defense system? Are all missile defense systems currently only for ballistic missile defense? …

Jan 28, 2025 · The Executive Order directs implementation of a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other …

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense. Our workforce includes government civilians, military service …

Since ballistic missiles have different ranges, speeds, size and performance characteristics, the Ballistic Missile Defense System is an integrated, "layered" architecture that provides multiple …

The United States is developing, testing, and deploying missile defenses to counter missiles of all ranges – short-, medium-, intermediate-, and intercontinental-range.