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Advanced Air Defence: Endoatmospheric ABM: 150 km (93 mi) 40 km (25 mi) Mach 4.5 Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg 2007 [73] Prithvi Defence Vehicle: Exoatmospheric ABM: Ring laser gyro based INS Infrared homing: 5,000 km (3,100 mi) 180 km (110 mi) Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle: 2019 [74] Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme ...
An infographic describing the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) created by the Missile Defense Agency in 2010. On 14 October 2002, a ground based interceptor launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site destroyed a mock warhead 225 km above the Pacific. The test included three decoy balloons.
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.
Taiwan was able to acquire nuclear technology from abroad (including a research reactor from Canada and low-grade plutonium from the United States) allegedly for a civilian energy system, but in actuality to develop fuel for nuclear weapons. [10] Taiwan bought 100 tons of uranium metal from South Africa which was delivered between 1973 and 1974 ...
Taiwan’s military launched surface-to-air missiles in live-fire drills conducted Tuesday in response to growing military pressure from China. The exercises took place at the Jiupeng Military ...
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach.
NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System [5]) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range [6]: 4 ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon. [7]
Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) or (Japanese: イージス・システム搭載艦) are a pair of ballistic missile defense (BMD) warships under construction to be operated by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as dedicated sea-based BMD platforms, serving as an alternative to Japan's now-cancelled land-based Aegis Ashore BMD system.