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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization — The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (or BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense. It was known as the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) until it was renamed by the administration of President Bill… … Wikipedia
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System — The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide a last line of defense against ballistic missiles. Aegis BMD (also know as Sea Based Midcourse) is designed to … Wikipedia
Missile Defense Agency — MDA Agency overview Formed 2002 Preceding agencies … Wikipedia
Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program — The Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi layered Ballistic missile defense system to protect India from missile attacks. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/04/asia/AS GEN India Missile… … Wikipedia
Missile defense — The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. A RIM 161 Standard Missile 3 anti ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser … Wikipedia
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance — The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance is a non profit organization dedicated to building broad public support for the development and deployment of an effective missile defense system for the United States. Founded in 2002, by Riki Ellison, the… … Wikipedia
National missile defense — This article is about systems to shield an entire country. For the ground based US missile defense system, see Ground Based Midcourse Defense. A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck… … Wikipedia
Anti-ballistic missile — An anti ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (a missile for missile defense). A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory.… … Wikipedia
Missile Defense Alarm System — The Missile Defense Alarm System was an American system of 12 early warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launches between 1960 and 1966. Originally intended to serve as a complete early… … Wikipedia
Defense Department — noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 • Syn: ↑Department of Defense, ↑United States Department of Defense, ↑Defense, ↑DoD • Hypernyms: ↑executive department … Useful english dictionary
