Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
United States anti-ballistic missile program
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
The Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States Department of Defense developed to provide missile defense against short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The program is part of the United States national missile defense strategy and European NATO missile defense system. Aegis BMD is an expansion of the Aegis Combat System deployed on warships, designed to intercept ballistic missiles in mid-course phase (i.e., after the rocket burn has completed but prior to reentry into the atmosphere). Aegis BMD-equipped vessels can engage potential threats using the Standard Missile 3 mid-course interceptors and the Standard Missile 2 and Standard Missile 6 terminal-phase interceptors. As of 2025, there are two Aegis Ashore sites in Romania since 2016 and Poland since 2024, each holds 24 SM-3 missiles. In 2008, Aegis BMD was tested as an anti-satellite weapon, destroying satellite...
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