The upcoming missile defense test will also be the first intercept test of a new kill vehicle and will use an upgraded booster for the interceptor. Read more >
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What You Should Know about the Upcoming GMD Missile Defense Test: Part 1
May 29, 2017 1:06 PM EDT
Scheduled for later this week is the 18th intercept test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system since 1999, and the 10th since the system was declared operational in 2004. What do we know about the test, and what’s riding on it? Read more >
New Update of the UCS Satellite Database
April 21, 2017 3:28 PM EDT
A fresh version of the UCS Satellite Database has been posted. It includes launches through the end of 2016. Apologies for the delay this time; we will be back on schedule and have a new one shortly. Read more >
Congress Forcing MDA to Choose Missile Defense Site It Does Not Want
February 8, 2017 11:14 AM EDT
Sometime in early 2017, and it could be any day now, one of the communities on the map below (designated by red dots) will get big news from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Congress mandated the MDA to choose a preferred location in case the United States decides to build an additional deployment site for the Ground-based Midcourse (GMD) System missile defense. Read more >
US Missile Defense: In Worse Shape than You Thought
July 14, 2016 1:42 PM EDT
Today we’re releasing a new report that looks at the US missile defense program nearly 15 years after the Bush administration began the push to deploy it. What we found was worse than we expected. Read more >