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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Dust defense, sometimes called environmental defense, was a proposed anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system considered for protecting both Minuteman and...
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ballistic missile. It concluded with "This is not a drill". The message was sent at 8:08 a.m. local time. The state had not authorized civil defense outdoor...
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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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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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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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Atlas (rocket family) (redirect from Next generation launch system)
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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mixture, as in radar (Radio Detection And Ranging) and MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System). Acronyms pronounced as words include SWAT and UNESCO, while...
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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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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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the Air Force's Defense Satellite Communications System, Vela nuclear detonation detection satellites, the Missile Defense Alarm System, and the Navy's...
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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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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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9K720 Iskander (redirect from Iskander missile system)
NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. They travel at a terminal...
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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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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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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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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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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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Military satellite (section Early warning systems)
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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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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Flare (countermeasure) Infrared countermeasures National Missile Defense Strategic Defense Initiative Sentry gun "Танк Т-14 "Армата" или Т-99 "Приоритет""...
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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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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (redirect from DDG-51 missile destroyers)
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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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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A missile approach warning system (MAW) is part of the avionics package on some military aircraft. A sensor detects attacking missiles. Its automatic warning...
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Nuclear weapons delivery (redirect from Nuclear missile)
conspicuous and alarming nature of their launch often precludes arming ICBMs and SLBMs, the most capable classes of ballistic missiles, with conventional...
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These launched the SAMOS-E, SAMOS-F (ELINT Ferret), and MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) military early-warning satellites, Ranger lunar probes, Mariner...
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Surface-to-air missile Sungur Air Defence Missile System, Surface-to-air missile Sungur, man-portable air defense system Aselsan Hisar Air-defense System Aselsan...
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