Current Programs   Sensors     AEGIS (News) The Navy's primary battle management radar system     X-Band Radar (News) A target acquisition and tracking radar for the proposed National Missile Defense system   Interceptors     Ground-Based Interceptor (News) One of the "weapons" of the proposed National Missile Defense system   Directed Energy Weapons     Airborne Laser (News) Employs a fire control sensor system and a high-powered laser mounted on a modified 747 to destroy missiles during the boost phase     Space-Based Laser (News) Employs a high-powered laser mounted on an orbital platform to destroy missiles during the boost phase   Systems     Boost Phase Intercept (News) A system for missile defense which would shoot down incoming missiles immediately after launch     THAAD (News) Theater High-Altitude Area Defense, Army missile defense system incorporating the PAC-3 interceptor (News) designed to engage targets at the theater level Former Programs

Resources Nobel Laureate Letter. 50 Nobel Prize recipients urge the Congressional Leadership "to deny funding for any program, project, or activity that is inconsistent with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty." Memo Detailing Missile Defense Management Changes on 2 January 2002 memo detailing changes to Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Address by President Bush May 1, 2001 - Address by President Bush outlining U.S. policy on missile defense and the ABM Treaty Rumsfeld Commission Report July 15, 1998 - Report by the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Richard L. Garwin Archive Writings on missile defense by the distinguished weapons designer whose career spans the nuclear era Countermeasures April 11, 2000 - A technical evaluation of the operational effectiveness of the NM System by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Coyle Report on NMD Testing Read the official report on defects in the NMD testing program prepared by former DoD testing director Philip Coyle. CBO Letter A letter to Senator Thomas Daschle from the CBO giving potential costs for several NMD systems.

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