21st Century Complete Guide to Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD): Star Wars SDI Program, including Threats, Sensors, History, Boost, Midcourse, and Terminal Defense Segments, Patriot, Intercept Tests, Aegis Navy Systems, EKV, and the Joint National Integrat

This incredible CD-ROM provides a comprehensive guide to America's ongoing Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program, run by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Formerly known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and called "Star Wars" by the media and critics, the BMD program will use a layered defense to protect against ballistic missile attack. President Bush recently authorized the deployment of the first element of this system in 2004. This detailed material is heavily illustrated with color photographs, drawings, tables, and charts.

Topics covered include:

* Threats
* Sensors
* History
* ABM Treaty Implications
* Boost, Midcourse, and Terminal Defense Segments
* Ground-based Interceptors, Sea-based Interceptors
* Patriot (PAC-3) units
* Intercept Tests
* Upgraded Early Warning Radars(UEWRs)
* In-flight Interceptor Communications System (IFICS)
* Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3)
* THAAD, MEADS, ARROW
* Aegis Navy Systems
* Comprehensive Glossary
* Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
* Airborne Laser
* Joint National Integration Center
* Environmental Assessment of Impact of Missile Base in Fort Greely, Alaska
* Much more

Over 26,000 pages are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included. There is also an extensive collection of images in JPG and PDF formats, and AVI and MOV movie files.

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