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The military is looking to build on previous successes with the SM-3IIA.

A new kind of missile defense will be needed and is currently under developement.

Enemy missiles come with decoys and other measures that future U.S. missile defense must take into account. The ultimate promise of the Pentagon’s new high-tech Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) to shoot down enemy nuclear missiles may likely reside in the complex mixture of sensor and networking technologies woven into the NGI’s technical construction. This is largely because a kill vehicle able to track and destroy an enemy missile in space will not only need the requisite kinetic “forc...

The missile defense of the future is being designed and planned today. There are many very serious threats the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the defense industry are working quickly to counter. These dangers include mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and nuclear weapons traveling at hypersonic speeds. Also of concern are multiple precision-guided re-entry vehicles and multiple missiles attack at once, each with several separating warheads. The MDA hopes to counter these probl...

Why America needs a layered homeland missile defense Vic Mercado January 19 An animation from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency shows the steps involved in intercepting and destroying and intercontinental ballistic missile. Earlier this week, during the 8th congress of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, as reported by North Korea’s Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un referred to the U.S. as “our biggest enemy” and outlined plans to upgrade the country’s nuclear forces, d...

Congress adds $1.3B to Missile Defense Agencys budget in spending bill By (0) A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a Department of Defense flight experiment monitored by the Missile Defense Agency in March. Photo by U.S. Navy | License Photo Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Congress has added $1.3 billion into the Missile Defense Agencys fiscal 2021 budget, in excess of what the agency asked for in February. The agency had requested $9.13 ...

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Biden’s Budget  In the absence of news, we’re sticking by our way-too-early predictions of flat defense spending, at best — especially with Congress on the verge of passing another coronavirus stimulus package, this one totalling nearly $1 trillion. If Republicans retain control of the Senate, expect lesser cuts. If Democrats take control after two early-January Georgia runoffs, expect deeper cuts as they focus on priorities other than defense.  In the meantime, the Trump administration...

Don’t rely on fantasy for national security December 17, 2020 Alaska National Guard members operate the Ground-based Midcourse Defense portion of the Ballistic Missile Defense System on May 5, 2007, at Fort Greely, Alaska. (Sgt. Jack W. Carlson III/Alaska Army National Guard) America has just had an historic election, one that could and probably will change the direction of our national security paradigm. Will America continue to rebuild its defenses, strengthen our military services (in...