Missile Defense Alarm System
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The Missile Defense Alarm System, or MIDAS, was a United States Air Force Air Defense Command system of 12 early-warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic mi
A MIDAS infrared sensor.
Project SAINT
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Project SAINT was a project undertaken by the United States during the Cold War to develop a means of intercepting, inspecting and destroying Soviet spacecraft. Many details relating to the project ar
A diagram of one of the SAINT project satellites
An Atlas-Centaur booster launching
The NORAD facility at Colorado Springs
A missile carried by the F-15 Eagle fighter jet to shoot down satellites