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    National missile defense (NMD) refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had in development since the 1990s. After the renaming...
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    Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles...
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    Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived...
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    The Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United...
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    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense...
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    Defense (GMD), previously National Missile Defense (NMD), is an anti-ballistic missile system implemented by the United States of America for defense...
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    The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the US from attack...
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    The NATO missile defense system is a missile defense system being constructed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in several member states...
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    national missile defense to theater missile defense, i.e. from global to regional coverage. In 1998, focus shifted back to national missile defense when...
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    anti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a missile defense system that would be more effective against ballistic missiles than the...
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    anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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    surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor...
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    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot...
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    States missile defense complex in Poland, replaced a planned site in Redzikowo, Poland with a phased plan—the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System,...
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  • missile defense (AMD), the Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense system (IAMD) is an SMDC research program to augment the aging surface-to-air missile defense...
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    operators). Aegis BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) capabilities are being developed as part of the NATO missile defense system. The word "Aegis" is a reference...
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    The United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) is the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) for United States Strategic Command and...
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    Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS; pronounced /əˈtækəmz/) is a tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the US defense company Ling-Temco-Vought...
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  • Republic National Defense (magazine), a business and technology magazine published by the National Defense Industrial Association National missile defense, a...
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    Treaty prohibited "National Missile Defense" (NMD), but some interpreted it to allow more limited systems called "Theater Missile Defense" (TMD). This is...
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    missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in...
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    Tomahawk (/ˈtɒməhɔːk/) Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United...
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    100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), known as 100th MDB (GMD), is a multi-component (meaning both Title 10 and Title 32) United...
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    An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), primarily designed for nuclear...
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    of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command;...
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    from its full name Missile d'Interception, de Combat et d'Auto-défense (lit. 'Missile for Interception, for Combat and for Auto-Defense' or 'Interception...
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    Raytheon Missiles & Defense. The JSM is derived from the Naval Strike Missile. A development of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), the Joint Strike Missile (JSM)...
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    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is available in man-portable, vehicle-launched, helicopter-launched and maritime variants. The missile can engage and...
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  • Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a ground-mobile air and missile defense system intended to replace the Patriot missile system through a NATO-managed...
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    over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later...
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