MISSILE DEFENSE MONDAYS

May 5 - May 11, 2020

MDAA Virtual Congressional Roundtable

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MDAA ALERTS

Aegis Over Troubled Waters

Iranian calculated strategic application of force on force, cost curve tactics to challenge the United States is on, above, around and across the Arabian Gulf in demonstration to the GCC and the United States of power projection. Iranian deployment of multitudes of small gun...

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MDAA WEBSITE UPDATES AND FEATURES

Aegis Ashore

Aegis Ashore was first announced in 2009 as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and is the land-based variant of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. Aegis Ashore shares components of the ship-based version including the Aegis...

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Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS)

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a missile defense system developed to meet International Common Operational Requirements and is jointly developed by the United States, Germany, and Italy.

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Hwasong-15/KN-22

On November 29, 2017 around 3:00am Pyongyang Time, North Korea test fired a ballistic missile from the Sain-ni area. This test came after a two-month lull in North Korean missile tests. The test was a milestone as it marked the longest flight of a North Korean ICBM...

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MISSILE DEFENDERS OF THE WEEK

2019 Okinawa Missile Defenders of the Year

Awardees came from the U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, U.S. Air Force 623rd Air Control Squadron, U.S. Marine Corps Air Control Squadron 4, Japan Self-Defense Force 5th Air Defense Missile Group, and Japan Ground Self-Defense 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.