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A Ground-based Interceptor missile launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Monday morning was a success, according to the base.

Missile Defense Agency sees successful takedown using an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor for homeland missile defense of a ballistic missile target.

Missile Defense Agency sees successful takedown using an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor for homeland missile defense of a ballistic missile target.

When North Korea disclosed its planned satellite launch earlier this month, Japan put its ballistic missile defenses on alert. Tokyo warned that it would take “destructive measures against ballistic and other missiles that are confirmed to land in our territory,” referring to its Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and Patriot Missile PAC-3 which would be used to take out […]

One of MDA's biggest investments in FY24 is for the Next Generation Interceptor, with $2.1 billion requested.

The President's Important Choice on Missile Defense

"Numbers matter, as does interceptor quality, but a mix of GBIs and NGIs alone does not provide a comprehensive approach to missile defense," write a trio of retired general officers. "We need to deploy our quality and quantity in a layered defense construct."

The 100th Missile Defense Brigade and the 49th Missile Defense Battalion at Fort Greely train on and operate the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system for exoatmospheric intercepts against ballistic missiles.

A minute-by-minute technical account of what would happen if Kim Jong-un launched a nuclear-tipped ICBM at the United States.

(Archived document, may contain errors) December 28, 1992 A PLAN FOR PRESERVING AMERICA!S MILITARY STRENGTH   I pledge to maintain military forces strong enough to deter and when necessary to defeat any threat to our essential interests. Bill Clinton December 12,1991, speech at Georgetown University