National missile defense refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had under development since the 1990s. After the renaming in 2002, the term now refers to the entire program
A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on 3 December 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean.
Homing Overlay Experiment open web
An infographic describing the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) created by the Missile Defense Agency in 2010.
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System logo
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy short-, m
United States national missile defense
…Aegis combat system possess the SM-2 surface-to-air missile which, through recent upgrades, has terminal stage ballistic missile defense capabilities. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is a program of the US Army, utilizing ground-based interceptor missiles which can intercept missiles in the upper part of the atmosphere and…
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor being fired during an exercise in 2013
A US Army THAAD transported by a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The AN/TPY-2 radar
THAAD's threat interception process