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Missile defense
Measures designed to detect, identify, track, and defeat attacking (ballistic) missiles in both strategic and theater tactical roles, during any portion of their flight trajectory (boost, post-boost, midcourse, or terminal) or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack.
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Missile defense
Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Center (BMDOC)
Military; Missile defense
OBSOLETE. Initially located at the NTF, and ultimately in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, this facility supports the BMD Cell-USSPACECOM information interface. The BMDOC hosts a BM/C3 processing suite ...
space-based surveillance and tracking system (SSTS)
Military; Missile defense
OBSOLETE. A satellite-borne electro-optic tracking and surveillance system in medium earth orbit. The satellites would track targets from medium earth orbits against a cold space background and near ...
attack and launch early reporting to theater (ALERT)
Military; Missile defense
An upgrade to ground station mission processing which exploits inherent satellite capability to provide theater missile warning and cueing.
air force satellite communications system (AFSATCOM)
Military; Missile defense
A collection of transponders on host satellites used by U.S. Strategic Command to pass emergency action messages (EAM) and damage assessment reports. AFSATCOM is also used to pass sensor data between ...
ground-based surveillance and tracking system (GSTS)
Military; Missile defense
OBSOLETE. A fast-response, rocket-launched Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) and visible waveband sensor which would have enhanced the information available from the SDS’ mid-course sensor suite by ...
reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM)
Military; Missile defense
Those requirements imposed on acquisition systems to ensure they are operationally ready for use when needed, will successfully perform assigned functions, and can be economically operated and ...
theater missile defense ground- based radar (TMD-GBR)
Military; Missile defense
A ground-based, air transportable sensor that provides search, tracking and discrimination capabilities for the THAAD interceptor system. Also referred to as THAAD Radar.