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DIRECTORS

Message

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As our Nation, de p loyed Armed Forces, Allies and internationa l

partners face growing threats from the increasing proliferation

of ballistic missiles of all ranges, our need to develop and

deliver increasingly cost-effective missile defenses has never

be en more imp ortant. Our go al is to deve lop a nd field a

Ba llistic Missile Defe nse System (BMDS) tha t d efe a ts la rge raid

sizes of ba llistic m issiles tha t threa ten us today and in the future.

Paced by our technology development and testing, we are

delivering missile defense c apab ilities in four phases:

Dep loying initia l missile de fense by the end of this yea r

Enhanc ing me dium-range missile d efense b y 2015 or

sooner

Enha nc ing intermed iate -range missile defe nse by 2018 or

soo ner, and

Deploying ea rly interc ep t ca pa bility aga inst med ium,intermed iate a nd inte rcontinenta l rang e ba llistic m issiles by

2020 or soo ner

I hop e this pa mp hlet w ill provide you a c learer unde rstand ing

of w here the missile defense prog ram is hea d ing ove r the next

seve ra l yea rs. As w ith all g rea t ac hievem ents, it is a d em and ing

mission with m any c ha lleng es, but the suc cess of our program

will protect our loved ones, our Nation, and our international

partners today as we ll as future ge nerat ions.

PATRICK J. OREILLY

Lieute na nt Genera l, USA

Direc tor, Missile Defense Ag enc y

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Ballistic Missile Proliferation 1

Missile Defense Ag enc ys Mission 2

Vision for U.S. Missile Defense 2

Missile Defense Polic y, Mission, and the Phased Adap tive Approa ch 2

Tod ay s Capa bilities 4

Develop ing the BMDS ove r the Next Decad e 7

Rob ust Hom eland Defense aga inst Limited Atta ck 7

Rob ust Reg iona l Defense 9

Capa bility Deliveries 11

Initia l Integra ted Defense by 2011 11

Enha nc ed MRBM Defense by 2015 11

Enha nc ed IRBM Defe nse by 2018 11

Early Inte rce p t by 2020 11

Missile Defense Integ ration and Testing 12

European Phased Ad ap tive Approa ch: Key Contribution to NATOs Defense 14

Internationa l Missile Defense Coope ration 15

Missile Defense and Nationa l Sec urity 17

Table of Contents

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The growing ballistic missile threat reduces

military options for Combatant Commanders

and jeopardizes the survivability of U.S. and

allied regional military capabilities.

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BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION

The ba llistic missile threa t c on tinues to g row in size and

complexity. Current trends indicate that adversary ballistic

missile systems, with the integration of advanced liquid- or

solid-propellant propulsion technologies, are becoming

more mobile, survivable, reliable, accurate and capable of

flying long er d ista nc es. In 1972, on ly nine c ountries possessed

ba llistic m issiles. Today, the num ber of c ount ries possessing

ballistic missiles is over twenty, including hostile regimes

with ties to te rro rist orga niza tions. Not o nly are missiles

proliferating, b ut ma ny of the c ountries a c quiring them are

making their own improvements to missiles bought on the

global arms market and developing their own capabilit ies

to produc e them indigenously. Roc kets have a lrea dy be en

used by te rrorist o rga niza tions, and missiles and roc kets w ith

be tter guida nc e systems, long er rang e, a nd mo re de struc tive

po we r are proliferating.

Potentia l adversa ries are inc reasing Short-Range Ba llistic Missile

(SRBM) and Med ium-Range Ba llistic Missile (MRBM) inventories

and developing Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)

and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technologies. With

the dram atic p roliferation of o ver 1,200 ad d itional short- and

me d ium-range ba llistic missiles over the past five yea rs, toda y

there are more than 6,000 ballistic missiles and hundreds of

launc hers in countries other tha n the United Sta tes, Russia,

Ch ina and o ur NATO Allies. These inventories of thousand s

of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles constitute 99

percent of the threat and far outnumber the missile defense

intercepto rs we have in the field tod ay.

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Taepo Dong-2 Launch April 2009

Iranian Salvo Launch


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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCYS MISSION

MDAs mission: develop and deploy a layered Ballistic Missile

Defense System to defend the United Sta tes, its dep loyed

forces, allies, and friends against ballistic missile attacks of all

ranges in all phases of flight.

VISION FOR U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE

We must ea rn our Nation s confide nce in developing effec tive

hom eland and reg iona l missile d efense throug h rea listic te sting

and on-time de livery of ca pa bility as p rom ised .

By the end of this decade, the Missile Defense Agency is

developing and integrating new sensor, fire control, battle

management, and interceptor capabilities to intercept

ba llistic missiles of a ll ranges and raid sizes ea rly in flight . The

BMDS will provide m ultip le intercept op portunities of large ra id

sizes of threat missiles using multiple interceptors in the ascent,

midcourse, and terminal phases of flight for robust homeland

and reg iona l de fense.

MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND THE

PHASED ADAPTIVE APPROACH

In Feb ruary 2010, the U.S. Sec reta ry of De fense a pproved the

Ba llistic Missile Defe nse Rev iew (BMDR), which e sta b lished the

follow ing policy p riorities to fram e m issile d efense d eve lopme nt

and ac quisition prog ram stra teg ies.

Enhance the protec tion of the U.S. home land from limited

ballistic missile attack

Continue to develop, improve and deploy capabilit ies to

defend U.S. forc es, allies and pa rtners aga inst regiona l

missile threa ts

Develop c ap a bilit ies that a re flight-tested unde r op eration-a lly realistic c ond itions be fore they a re de ployed

Build capabilit ies to hedge against future threat

unc ertainties a nd the tec hnica l risks inherent in our ow n

de velopm ent plans

Dep loy ca pab ilities that a re ec onomica lly sustainab le ove r

the long te rm

Lea d expand ed international efforts and c oop eration in

missile defense

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The BMDR a lso estab lishe d tha t homeland

and regional missile defense systems will be

delivered in phases with a foc us on d elivering

enhanced capabilit ies against medium-

and intermediate-range ballistic missiles

using multiple intercept opportunities by

different types of interceptors. Additionally,

the BMDR directed all future missile defenses

be adaptable (mobile or transportable, able

to rapidly expand deployed interceptor

inventories and readily upgradable) to

accommodate uncertaint ies in ballist ic

Phased Adaptive Approach To Developing And Deploying Missile Deense

We are creating a network of missile defense capabilities that is

adaptable, survivable, affordable, and responsive to future threats.

missile threat estimations. As a result of this

adaptability, we plan to optimize missile

defense interceptor launch and sensor

loca tions by the end o f this de c ad e to ena ble

interc ep ts of me dium- and intermed iate -rang e

and intercontinental range ballistic missiles

early in their flight. Moreove r, we w ill leve rag e

this Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA), to

enhance, not only homeland missile defense,

b ut a lso thea ter missile d efen se a rc hitec tures

that w ill be ta ilored to mee t the sec urity need s

of eac h Comba tant Command.

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TODAYS CAPABILITIES

To c ounter the p ote ntial future ICBM threa t, the United Sta tes

deploys today 30 Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) in silos at

Fort Greely, Alaska and Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB),

Ca lifornia . The p otential deve lopm ent o f ICBMs (greate r than

5,500 km range) by na tions c urrent ly po sing only reg iona l missile

threa ts ma kes hom eland d efense our top p riority. Therefo re,

we c ontinue upg rad ing our Ground-ba sed Midc ourse Defense

(GMD) system with improvements to infrastructure, GBIs, and

the supporting sensor netwo rk. Bec ause of the rec ent test

fa ilures of o ur latest G BI version, M DA is aggressively p ursuing

the resolution o f the p rob lem and return to flight of GBIs as our

top priority.

For reg iona l missile defe nses, the Missile Defe nse A genc y

has developed and fielded a range of land- and sea -based

termina l and midcourse capab ilities to c ounter SRBMs (1,000

km or less). The short-rang e d efe nse c apab ilities of the 2011

BMDS consist o f the PATRIOT Ad va nc ed Ca pab ility-3 (PAC-3),

Termina l High A ltitute A rea De fense (THAAD), and Ae gis BMD

(Sta nd ard M issile-2, or SM-2, Bloc k IV inte rce p tor for termina l

defense, a nd the SM-3 IA inte rc ep tor for longer SRBM d efense).

The THAAD and Ae gis BMD c apab ilities (Ae g is Wea pon System

3.6.1, SM-3 IA, a nd the SPY-1 rada r) are a b le to c ounte r SRBMs and

MRBMs (up to 3,000 km) to p rote c t dep loyed forces, critica l assets

on allied territory, and pop ulation c ente rs. The intercept of a n

IRBM in April 2011 by Aeg is Wea pon System version 3.6.1 and an

SM-3 IA interce p tor d em onstrate d the rob ustness of our

c urren tly de p loye d missile d efe nse syste ms.

THAAD s ab ility to inte rce p t missiles inside and ou tside the

Earths atmosphere makes effective countermeasures difficult

for adversaries to deploy, as the distinction between light-

weight decoys and heavier reentry vehicles is evident as

they enter the earths atmosphere at about 100 km altitude.

Ad d itiona lly, THAADs rap id, air-transportab le dep loyment

c ap ab ility is unique. A ba ttery can fully de ploy to operational

sta tus four hours a fter rea c hing an unimp rove d site. In May

2008, the U.S. Army ac tivate d the first THAAD b a tte ry at Fort

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Over the past decade,

we have made signifcant

progress by intercepting

SRBMs, MRBMs and

IRBMs as part o our

test program.

Bliss, Texa s. The A rmy a lso a c tiva ted a second THAAD batte ry

in October 2009, which is scheduled to complete training by

the end of calend ar year 2011.

The Aeg is a ir and missile d efe nse w ea pon system c onsists of

sensor, fire c ont rol, and missile g uida nc e fo r the SM-2 air and

cruise missile defense interceptors deployed on Aegis BMD

ships tha t provide c om prehe nsive protec tion. The SM-3 IA

currently deployed on Aegis ships has proven to be a highly

reliab le intercep tor. Aeg is, using the current 3.6.1 Aegis

Weap on System and the SM-3 IA, has mo re tha n tw ice the e xo-

atm osphe ric eng ag em ent rang e of THAAD.

The AN/ TPY-2 is a high-resolution, X-ba nd radar ca pab le of

operating as a fire c ont rol rada r for a THAAD b a tte ry or as a

forward-based surveillance radar that can track all classesof ballistic missiles and distinguish small objects at long

d ista nc es. The radar is a ir-transportab le and c an be rap idly

and strate gica lly d ep loyed as nec essary to mee t Co mb ata nt

Co mm and requirem ents. The AN/ TPY-2 rad ar is currently

de ployed in its forward-ba sed mode in Jap an a nd Israe l, and

new radars will be deployed in the North Arabian Gulf and

Southern Europea n regions by the end of 2011.

The mo st m a ture hit-to -kill wea pon system of t he BMDS is the

PAC-3 system, which is now operational and fielded by the

U.S. Army. PAC -3, which p rovide s c om prehensive a ir and

missile defense, was deployed to the Middle East as part of

Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, where, together with the

PAC-2s deployed to the region, it intercepted several short-

rang e b a llistic missiles. The PAC -2 uses a b last frag me nta tion

wa rhea d to kill the ta rge t. PAC-3 com p lem ents THAAD and

the SM-2 and SM-3 inte rcep tor fam ilies to p rov ide integra ted

and layered a ir, c ruise, and b a llistic missile de fense. The

PAC-3 system provides detection, track, and engagement ofsho rt-rang e b a llistic missiles, c ruise m issiles and a irc raf t. These

engagements are further enhanced by networked remote

sensors tha t supp ly early wa rning d a ta to increase the rang e

and p robab ility of suc cess of PAC-3 intercep ts. The Missile

Defense Agency is responsible for upgrades to the PAC-3

system as we ll as integ ra tion a nd interoperab ility efforts.

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Regional missile defense requires a close partnership with

ma ny orga niza tions in our go vernment. The imp lem enta tion

of regional missile defense architectures is overseen by the

Sec reta ry of Defense, the C ha irma n of the Joint Chiefs of

Sta ff, and the Sec reta ry of Sta te. The M issile De fense Agenc y

deve lops and acquires these ca pab ilities. The Joint Sta ff

establishes asset quantities and allocates these capabilities.

The Com ba tant Co mma nde r de velop s the architec tural

and operational plans to emp loy these ca pa bilities. And

throug hout this proc ess the Dep a rtment of Sta te a nd the

Offic e o f the Unde r Sec reta ry of Defe nse fo r Policy oversee

the negotiation and approval of the required diplomatic

agreem ents to de p loy o ur assets in regions a round the g lob e.

At the end of Fisc a l Yea r (FY) 2011, the BMDS system a rchite c ture

will co nsist o f the follow ing:

30 Ground -Based Inte rc ep tors em plac ed in silos in A laskaand Ca lifornia

23 Aegis BMD ships c apab le of engag ing short- to

me d ium-range m issiles and performing the Long-Range

Surve illanc e and Trac k (LRS&T) mission

87 Stand ard Missile-3 sea -ba sed midc ourse interce p tors

72 Stand ard Missile-2 sea -ba sed termina l intercep tors

2 THAAD fire units

18 THAAD interc ep tors

6 AN/ TPY-2 radars (4 forwa rd -ba se mo de and 2 THAAD)

903 PATRIOT Ad va nc ed Ca pab ility (PAC)-3 missiles

56 PAC-3 fire units

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The United States has a

highly readyfleet of GBIs.

DEVELOPING THE BMDS OVER

THE NEXT DECADE

RO BUST HO M ELA N D DEFEN SE A G A INST LIM ITED A TTA C K

In 2011, the GMD system is the sole missile defense provider

for hom eland de fense a ga inst a limited atta ck of ICBMs. We

will soon complete the initial fielding of the GMD system by

completing the construction of a new, hardened missile

field, c om munica tions nod e a nd po wer plant at Fort Greely,

Alaska. By the end of this de c ad e, we will have in plac e a

two-layered ICBM defense consisting of the GMD system,

BMDS sensor ne twork, and the Aeg is system with the SM-3 IIB

to p rovide multiple intercep t op po rtunities of p otentia l ICBMs

ta rgeting the United Sta tes by current regiona l threat s. In

2011, we be ga n the latest up grad es of the GMD system by

planning for a new In-Flight Interceptor Communications

System Da ta Termina l on t he East Co ast of the United Sta tes

to communicate with GBIs from Fort Greely or Vandenberg

AFB later in flight a s they d efend the East Co ast of the United

Sta tes. Ad d itiona lly, we a re upg rad ing the Ea rly Warning

Rad ar a t C lea r, Alaska to enha nc e G MDs surveillanc e a nd

trac king c apab ility of threa ts launc hed from North-East Asia.

MDAs GBI fleet refurbishment and upgrade program will

susta in the life c yc le of GBIs to 2032 and beyond . BMDS softwa re

upgrades during this decade will address new and evolving

threats, enhance exo-atmospheric kill vehicle discrimination,

and improve interceptor avionics, interoperability with

Com ma nd, Control, Battle mana ge ment and Com munic ations

(C2BMC ), BMDS sensors and sensor tasking.

As a hedge against future threat uncertainty, MDA will have

ava ilab le the tw o-stage GBI, which a llows for a longe r intercep t

windo w of time if ICBMs we re launc hed at the United State s

from either Northea st Asia o r the Mid d le East.

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To e na b le intercep ts of a tta c king missiles in the m idc ourse

portion of their trajec to ry, the BMDS leverag es Upgraded Early

Warning Radars (UEWRs) in Alaska, Ca lifornia , Greenland , and

the United Kingd om . The BMDS a lso w ill rec eive threa t dete c tion

and tracking cues from forward-based X-band radars, such

as the o ne c urrently deployed a t Sha riki, Jap an and thoseplanne d for dep loyment in the U.S. Europ ea n Co mm and

(USEUCO M) a nd U.S. Centra l Comm and (USCENTCO M) a reas

of responsibility.

Over the next decade, we are deploying missile defense

architectures that integrate endo-atmospheric and exo-

a tmo sp heric missile interce p tor system s with g roun d , sp a c e,

sea, and airborne sensors connected and managed by a

rap id, high-ca pa c ity C2BMC netw ork.

Co mp rising g round and sea -ba sed radars, sensors on Rem ote ly

Piloted Vehicles, and tracking of reentry vehicles from space

with Prec ision Trac king Space System (PTSS) sa te llites, our

rob ust ne two rk of sensors will expa nd the eng age ment zones

of Ground -Based Intercepto rs and ena b le the e ffectiveness of

longer range, highe r veloc ity Aeg is SM-3 intercep tors to d estroy

threat missiles in the pre-apogee portion of their trajectory. In

add ition to enhanc ing hom eland defense, PTSS sensors willcomplement airborne and terrestrial-based sensors, making it

ea sier to surge missile defense c apab ilities into d ifferent reg ions

of the w orld.

Advanced discrimination software and technologies will

improve system performance in all phases of engagement.

With enha nc ed C2BMC, w e w ill have a net-ce ntric, Servic e-

oriented architec ture tha t c an rap id ly fuse d ata from multiple

sensors and provide data to distributedfire control systems.

Ove r the ne xt dec ade, the BMDS increa singly will be a b le

to e xecute an ea rly intercep t, shoot-look-shoo t ta c tic , forc e

less effective deployment of countermeasures, minimize

the potential impact of debris, and reduce the number of

interc ep tors req uired to d efea t a ra id o f threa t missiles.

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The European Phased

Adaptive Approach is the

application of the Phased

Adaptive Approach to

developing missile defense

to specific requirements of

protecting Europe.

The BMDS integrates assets

on land, at sea, in the air,

and in space into a layered,

net-centric homeland and

regional defense.

RO BUST REG IO N A L DEFEN SE

Defending against regional missile threats involves short flight

times and requires a highly agile missile defense system with

high capacity command and fire control systems. Give n

the proliferation of short-, medium-, and intermediate-range

ballistic missiles, effective regional missile defenses require

suffic ient qua ntities of intercep tors to c onfidently defeat those

threa ts. In reg ions where b a llistic missile threa ts a re a conc ern,

the Com ba tant Co mma nders are estab lishing c omm and and

control infrastructures to facilitate the surge of mobile and

transportab le missile d efense a ssets when nee ded .

As stated earlier, we are developing missile defense

capabilities in phases focused on enhancing our capability

against MRBMs, IRBMs, and ICBMs over the next decade

according to a Phased Adaptive Approach to developingour missile defense c apab ility. When the PAA is app lied to

deployments in a specific region for protection of regional

populations and assets, we add the name of the region,

such as the European Phased Ad ap tive App roa c h (EPAA),

announc ed by the President in Sep tem ber 2009. The first p ha se

of the EPAA counters short-, medium- and intermediate-range

ballistic missile threats to European a llies and fea tures an Ae gis

3.6.1 ship, a upgraded command and control suite, and a

forwa rd-dep loyed rada r in Southe rn Europ e to provide ea rly

and prec ise trac ks of threa t missiles from the Mid d le East. The

Northeast Asia PAA (or NPAA) and Southw est Asia PAA (or

SPAA) a re c urrent ly in deve lopme nt.

Development of effective regional defenses requires we

further integrate current integrated terminal air and missile

de fense c apa b ilities provide d by the PAC-3 and SM-2 Block IV

interc ep tors, with the BMDS sensor and b a ttle ma na ge me nt

system to expand the engagement batt le space. Key to

increasing the areas defended against ballistic missileat tac k, the Aeg is fire control system is being upgraded to

launc h a n SM-3 interce p tor ba sed on remo te (external to

the ship) sensor da ta . No longer c onstrained

by the rang e o f the A eg is SPY-1 rad a r to

detec t an incom ing m issile, SM-3s (using

Aegis BMD 4.0.1 fire control software) will be

launched sooner in a threat missiles flight.

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We demonstrated this architecture in April 2011 during an

intercep t o f an IRBM w ith the A eg is 3.6.1 fire c ontrol softw a re.

To c om p lemen t the up grad es to the A eg is Wea p on System ,

we are d eveloping the SM-3 IB interc ep tor with ad vanc ed

d isc rimina tion and the SM-3 IIA intercep tor (deve lope d w ith

our Japanese partners) to achieve increased range of

intercepts. EPAA Phase 2 and Phase 3 capabilities will

provide improved protection of Europe from ballist ic

missile threats, to include IRBM threats, with the deploy-

me nt o f the SM-3 IB a nd SM-3 IIA a t sea a nd a t Ae gis

Ashore sites in Roma nia (2015) and Pola nd (2018).

In addit ion to the Aegis system, we are f ielding a rapidly

d ep loya b le regiona l de fense system , THAAD, tha t w ill

be fully integrated over the next decade to leverage the

sensors a nd c om munica tions c a p a b ilities of t he BMDS. Likethe Ae gis system , THAAD s b a ttle sp a c e a nd d efe nd ed a rea

coverage will be expanded to launchits interceptors on

d a ta from a ll BMDS sensors (La unc h o n Net wo rk).

The link b etw ee n o ur netw ork of BMDS sensors and intercep tor

syste ms is our C2BMC syste m. The BMDS C2BMC a llows ta iloring

for each regions needs, and it will be interoperable with

system s de veloped by our Allies and pa rtners. Com bined with

lowe r tier missile defense system s provided by the United Sta tes

and itsNATO a llies (integrated by NATO s Ac tive Layer Thea ter

Ballistic Missile Defense command and control system, or

ALTBMD), the Europea n BMDS will p rovid e e ffec tive c overag e

of Europe an NATO c ountries.

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CAPABILITY DELIVERIES

Over this dec ade , we will de liver a rang e o f interc ep tor, sensor, and C2BMC c ap abilities in four

increments to c rea te the 2020 BMDS. Ove r time, eac h cap ab ility delivery will enha nce hom eland

and reg iona l defe nses and improve BMDS performanc e a ga inst a ll ranges of b a llistic m issiles

by increasing the number of missile defense shot opportunities, defeating larger raid sizes, and

expand ing c overage a rea s.

IN ITIA L INTEG RA TED DEFEN SE

We w ill ac hieve initial c apab ility aga inst SRBMs,

MRBMs, and IRBMs, and enhanc ed hom eland

defense b y 2011.

Initial Integrated Defense provides:

Initia l home land defense (30 operationa l GBIs)

- New Ala ska Missile Field

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Thule, Greeland rad a r op erational- AN/ TPY-2 in Southeast Europ e

Initial reg iona l defense a gainst short-, med ium-,

and intermed iate -range b a llistic m issiles

- Aegis SM-3 IA

- THAAD read y for de ployme nt

- Forwa rd -ba sed sensor da ta to THAAD a nd

Aegis

- Limite d THAAD, PATRIOT and Ae gis

coordination

Both hom eland and reg ional defense- Red unda nt co mmunications

ENHA NC ED M RBM DEFENSE

We will ac hieve mo re robust c ap ability ag ainst

SRBMs and MRBMs by 2015 or soone r.

Enhanced MRBM Defense provides:

Enhanc ed homeland de fense

- Clea r, Alaska radar op erational

- East Coast In-Flight Interceptor

Co mm unica tion System Data Termina l (IDT)

Rob ust regiona l de fense a ga inst short- and

me d ium-range ba llistic missiles

- SM-3 IB on Aeg is ships and asho re in

Romania

- Aeg is and THAAD use remote sensors to

launch ea rlier

- Enhanc ed c oo rd ina tion w ith Allies

EN HA N C ED IRBM DEFEN SE

We will achieve more robust cap ab ility

against IRBMs by 2018 or sooner.

Enhanced IRBM Defense provides:

Robust regional defense against IRBMs

2nd Ae gis Asho re site in Poland

SM-3 IIA inte rcep tor

Com ma nd a nd Control for larger raids

- Expand ed shoo ter coo rd ina tion

- Imp roved rad ar d isc rimination

Both hom eland and reg iona l defense

- Prec ision Trac king Spac e System

- Airborne Infra red (ABIR) with ad va nc ed

sensors

EA RLY IN TERC EPT

We will achieve early intercept capability

against MRBMs, IRBMs and ICBMs from

todays regional threats by 2020 or sooner.

We w ill utilize the ea rly trac king sensors to

enable a higher velocity Aegis interceptor,

the SM-3 IIB, to p rov ide an ea rly inte rcep t (or

pre-ap ogee) cap ab ility aga inst med ium- and

intermediate-range b allistic missiles. The SM-3

IIB will also complement our ground-basedmidc ourse home land de fense by ad ding an

additional intercept layer if a first generation

ICBM threa t to the United Sta tes em erge s

from tod ay s reg ional threats.


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MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION AND

TESTING

MDA is executing a rigorous test program that includes

expanding flight and ground test programs to test the

capability against medium-, intermediate-, and long-range

threa ts to b uild the c onfide nc e of U.S. and allied stakeho lders

in the BMDS, bo lster dete rrence a ga inst the ir use, a nd send a

po we rful message to po tential adve rsa ries looking to ac quire

ba llistic missiles.

MDA is foc used on c ond uc ting m ea ningful BMDS testing to

rigorously verify, validate, and accredit (VV&A) our models

and simulations for use by Combatant Commanders. In

2008, MDA conducted a comprehensive review of the test

program and developed a three-phase test development

process that focuses on collecting the data needed for the

VV&A o f the BMDS mo dels and simulations. Working w ith the

Services Op erat iona l Test Age nc ies (OTA), with the support

of the Direc tor of O perat iona l Test a nd Eva luation (DOT&E),

and the Joint Force C om ponent Com ma nd, Integ ra ted Missile

Defense (JFCC-IMD) representing Combatant Commands,

MDA struc tured its test p rog ram to imp rove c onfide nce in the

missile d efe nse c a pa b ilit ies und er de velop me nt a nd ensure

the c a p a bilit ies tra nsferred to the w arfighter a re op erationa lly

effective, suitab le, and survivab le. The wa rfighter actively

participates in MDAs ground and flight test campaigns to

validate capability against identified threats.

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Over time, our test program

has become more complex

and more aggressive as we

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The resulting Integrated Ma ste r Test Plan (IMTP) is event-

oriented and e xtends until the c ollec tion of all identified data

is ac hieved to c om plete VV&A o f our mod els and simula tions.

Ove r the next six yea rs, MDA will ac quire the da ta the O TAs

nee d to ac c redit BMDS mo dels and simulations and verify its

fielded c ap ab ilities and prove tha t the system is effec tive a nd

reliab le. The c urren t IMTP inc ludes a ll testing req uirem ents for

EPAA Phases 1 through 3, which include 75 flight tests and 102

ground tests from FY 2011 through FY 2022.

Ad d itiona lly, our go a l is to c ond uc t two c ritic a l ground tests to

dem onstrate the EPAA Phase 1 c ap ab ility to d efend Europ ea n

allies and deployed forces from multiple and simultaneous

SRBM and MRBM threa ts. In sup port of EPAA Pha se 2

op erationa l assessme nt, we will co nduc t FTM-16 (2 events)

in FY 2011 to demonstrate the Aegis BMD 4.0.1 fire controlsystem and SM-3 IB intercep tor. In 2011, we w ill dem onstrate,

in an operational test, the capability to conduct a multiple

simulta neous engagem ent of one M RBM a nd one SRBM (FTT-

12). In the 2012 time frame , it is our goa l to d em onstrate the

ability of a three-stage GBI to intercept an ICBM-class target

and pe rform target d isc rimination.

Ca pa bility de liveries will be va lida ted in ground testing (digital

and ha rdwa re-in-the-loo p). Before a dec ision is ma de to

assume the missions of ea ch p ha se of the EPAA, w e will hold

a series of system -leve l op erationa l flight a nd ground tests to

dem onstrate the integrate d pe rformanc e o f the Ae gis, THAAD,

and PATRIOT wea pon systems for PAA Pha se 1 and a ll o f tho se

wea pon system s in add ition to GM D for PAA Phase 2. Eac h

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operational test will be conducted as realistically as possible

and involve multip le ta rgets of d ifferent range s (an SRBM

and 2 MRBMs fo r PAA Pha se 1, and an SRBM, MRBM, 2 IRBMs,

and an ICBM fo r PAA Pha se 2). These tests will be designed

and c ond uc ted by the BMDS Op erational Test Age ncy with

ove rsight from the Direc tor for Operationa l Test and Eva luation

(not MDA). The BMD system und er test will be op erate d b y

sold iers, sa ilors, and a irme n a nd p lac ed und er rea listic w artime

conditions to independently document the capabilit ies and

limitations of the system.

Eac h PAA c ap ab ility de livery will be tested before ac tual

dep loyme nts. MDA is c reat ing a series of ha rdware-in-the-loop

dem onstrations where we use the ac tua l p roc essors, softw are,

and interfaces with the o pe rato rs, all of w hic h wo rk toge ther in

continuous laboratory and field environme nts. Theseenvironm ents will help d em onstrate system pe rformanc e and

co mmand and control to help the wa r fighter perfect ta c tic s,

techniques, and procedures well before the operational

cap ab ilities are dep loyed in the field.

EUROPEAN PHASED ADAPTIVE

APPROACH: KEY CONTRIBUTION TO

NATOS DEFENSE

In Sep tem ber 2009, the President announc ed tha t the

ca pa bilit ies de sc ribe d a bo ve will be d eveloped and de ployed

in Europ e using a Phased Ada p tive Approa c h. In Novemb er

2010, the NATO Heads of Sta te a greed to d eve lop c ap ab ility to

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Over the next six years,

MDA will acquire the test

data needed for Operational

Test Agencies to accredit

BMDS models and

simulations, verifyfielded

capabilities, and prove that

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provide full c ove rag e a nd p rotec tion for all NATO Europ ea n

populations, territory and forces against the increasing threats

posed by the proliferation of ballistic missiles.

With four dep loymen t p ha ses, the EPAA outlines the U.S. m issiledefense c ont ribution, integ ra ted by NATO s Ac tive Layer

Thea te r Ba llistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD), to the inc rea sing ly

c apab le NATO sensors and SRBM defe nse systems ove r the

next d ec ad e. In August 2010, we a c hieved our go al of

dem onstrating NATO ALTBMD interop era b ility with t he U.S.

C2BMC in Exerc ise Jo int Pro jec t Op tic Wind mill, p roving U.S.

missile defe nse systems co mm unic a te sea mlessly with NATO

missile d efense system s being d eve loped in Europ e.

INTERNATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE

COOPERATION

The existing a nd po tential threa ts in eac h region o f the

world differ in range, number, geography, and technical

sop histica tion. The na tions in ea c h region a lso d iffer in how

they currently cooperate on missile defense with the United

Sta tes. Therefore, the integ rate d a nd inc rem enta l de ployme nt

of missile defense capability, as illustrated with the European

PAA, will be tailored to the unique political and military

circ umstanc es of a geo graphic region.

As missile defense capabilities expand worldwide, opport-

unities for international cooperation are dramatically

increa sing. The go a l of m issile d efense c ollab oration is

to deter the use of ballistic missiles by those countries that

c urrently p ossess them and d issua de add itiona l count ries from

ac quiring b a llistic m issiles. Severa l of our a llies a lrea dy de p loy

the PAC -2 and PAC -3 systems. In Europ e, we a re wo rking w ith

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NATO to imp lemen t the EPAA. In East Asia, we a re imp roving

missile defe nses throug h bilate ral relationships. And in the

Midd le East, we c ontinue to wo rk with long -term p a rtners and

pursue strengthened cooperation with other countries that

ha ve exp ressed interest in missile d efe nse. MDA is c urrent ly

engaged in missile defense projects, studies and analyses

with over twenty countries, including Australia, Bahrain, the

Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Japan,

Kuwa it, NATO, Poland , Rom ania, Saud i Arab ia, Sou th Korea ,

the United Arab Emira tes, and the United Kingd om .

MDA c ont inues its c lose partnership w ith Jap an on the SM3 IIA

interceptor (Japan is leading the development efforts on the

SM-3 IIA sec ond and third stage roc ket mo tors and the nose

cone), studying future architectures, and supporting Japans

SM-3 IA flight test prog ram . We also continue co llabo ra tionwith Israel on the development and employment of several

missile d efense c apab ilities tha t a re inte rope rab le w ith the U.S.

BMDS. We a re wo rking w ith our partners from the United Arab

Emirates on the d evelopme nt o f a Foreign Milita ry Sa les (FMS)

case fo r the THAAD system tha t rep resents the first foreign sale

of this c apab ility. Our go a l is to have a signed FMS case in 2011.

MDA is wo rking to t ransition into a n FMS imp leme nting a genc y

status to allow us to fully execute the expected increase in

sales of missile defense systems to U.S. allies and partners.

Additionally, we are supporting continued engagement

with Russia. We a re op timistic o ur d iscussions will ide ntify

new opportunities for mutually benefic ial m issile defe nse

collabora tion and address Russian questions about U.S. missile

defense p lans for Europe .

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MISSILE DEFENSE AND

NATIONAL SECURITY

The United Sta tes is develop ing inc reasingly

proven, comprehensive, and integrated

missile defenses. As stated in the 2010 Ballistic

Missile Defense Review, proven missile defense

contributes to strategic nonproliferation and

c ounte r-proliferation ob jectives by und ercutting

the value of offensive ballistic missiles and

d issua d ing foreign investm ent in the m. Missile

defense a lso p lays a useful role in supporting the

basic objectives of deterrence and providing

a valuab le co mp onent of the U.S. strate gic

posture. If hostilities b reak ou t, missile defe nses

c an prote c t U.S. and a llied c ritica l infrastructu re,

pop ulation cente rs, and military cap ab ilities for

responsive op erations.

The a bility to protec t a ga inst threats of c oe rc ion

and ac tively de fend the ho meland and U.S.

deployed forces, friends and allies against

growing threats posed by all ranges of ballistic

missiles is essentia l to our Nation s freed om today

and in the future. Over the next de c ad e, the

Missile Defe nse Ag enc y will con tinue to execute

a program that b uilds on the tec hnolog ic al and

eng inee ring achieveme nts of the p ast 28 yea rs

and pe rform a vital role in our nationa l defense

strategy.

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Fort Belvoir, Virginia Colorado Springs, Colorado

Huntsville, Alabama

Dahlgren, Virginia

Fort Greely, Alaska

Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

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