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U.S. ground-based midcourse missile defense system diagram.
U.S. ground-based interceptor missiles

11 in the territory of China conducted a ground-based midcourse missile interception technology, and now only the United States and Japan had similar anti-missile intercept test in the middle. The U.S. has to build land-based, sea-, air-based Trinity issue new guidance system, and the Japanese version of the missile defense system is a two-tier missile defense system, which consists of sea-based interceptors and ground-based mid-altitude interception system of two parts.

interpretation of the concept of anti-missile system

ascending

rising phase of the missile to intercept the best , because at this time just ballistic missiles shortly after takeoff, was shot down in enemy territory is lost. But the most prominent difficulty is the need for the first time after the ignition of ballistic missiles, and discovered attack.

middle

more mature anti-missile system. Mid-flight ballistic missile is a missile outside the atmosphere after the engine shut down to inertial flight phase, when its trajectory is relatively stable and fixed. If the intercept time, falling debris will not enter its territory.

last paragraph

last paragraph of the intercept, because the atmosphere began to dive into the stage ballistic missile, bullet trajectory angle large, the speed is usually 7 to 8 times the speed of sound more anti-missile system is very difficult to capture it.

the United States and the Soviet Union back in the 1950s and 1960s started to develop anti-missile system, currently in the middle of the U.S. anti-missile missile and walking in front of the last paragraph.

middle of the missile, the success in China before the test, only the United States and Japan have had successful experiences in Alaska, including the deployment of U.S. ground-based midcourse missile defense system, jointly developed by the U.S. and Japan, equipment sea-based Aegis ship in the “standard 3″ missile defense systems. The “Standard 3″ anti-missile system to intercept test flight of the 150-200 km altitude ballistic missile, which successfully shot down in 2008 over control of U.S. satellite, is widely considered the first real U.S. anti-missile system.

recently announced that the United States to provide Taiwan with the “Patriot” missile defense system is part of the last paragraph of anti-missile system, which is responsible for intercepting incoming missiles 1.5-2 ten thousand meters high.

in the anti-missile systems, Russia and the United States to embark on a completely different path, now in Moscow to deploy multiple sets of A-135 strategic missile defense system, mainly through this anti-missile system in space shock waves generated by detonation of nuclear warheads to destroy incoming missiles. Senior Colonel Wang Ming-Air Force Command College that, due to the need to use nuclear warheads in this way in practical applications and experience a wide gap with the United States, so if the United States and Japan missile defense is “to use a shield,” the Russian way “to polish the sword “, with nuclear weapons to stop the opponent’s desire to attack.

addition to the United States and Russia, the global anti-missile capabilities of countries with very few. India in 2006 and 2007, conducted two missile tests, and declared in two phases to complete the deployment of ABM systems, the first stage, with 2000 km range ballistic missile intercept capabilities; the second stage, will have to intercept ballistic missiles with a range of 5000-level capacity of one thousand meters. In addition, with the last paragraph of the interception capacity as well as Israel’s “Arrow-2″ anti-missile system.

Yangcheng Jun said that now that the world has the ability to produce missiles of more than 30 countries, the countries with more than 100 missiles, but to engage in anti-missile weapons and technologies and countries only the United States, Russia, so little a few, China announced the missile tests to achieve the desired goal, marking, including information processing, detection of early warning, intercept weapons, weapons transfers, guided accuracy and speed of response, including anti-missile technology to a new stage. However, the overall level of China’s anti-missile system is only just beginning, from the formation of combat capability and power there is still a long way.

United States

the world’s most powerful land-based missile defense system

U.S. ground-based midcourse Missile Defense System (GMD) of the main operational objective is the enemy long-range ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles. GMD system, the highest point in the trajectory to intercept the maximum range of over 10,000 km, maximum speed up to 24 times the speed of sound of the intercontinental missile, has begun initial deployment, is the world’s most capable anti-missile combat system.

the entire project, once completed, GMD DSP missile warning satellite system will be (or SBIRS Space Based Infrared System), STSS space tracking and surveillance systems, ground-based long-range tracking radar, sea-based long-range tracking radar (SBX), ground-based interceptor (GBI), and a series of battle management center, command, control and communications centers.

ground-based midcourse missile defense system composed of heterogeneous systems, high technical difficulty, after only the United States a research and development.

sea-based submarine-launched missile for the interceptor to prepare

the middle of the U.S. sea-based interceptor system developed primarily for the protection of overseas military bases, troops and overseas theater allied purposes. As the sea-based interceptor system deployed in the middle of Aegis destroyers, and can easily be rapid worldwide deployment, it can be the first time into the vanguard of providing theater ballistic missile defense for the support, thereby reducing the threat of enemy missiles.

Navy June 5, 2008 conducted a missile defense system test. The difference is that with the other test, this time playing as the target missile from the launch of mobile platforms at sea, which created the U.S. sea-based missile defense system to intercept sea-based missile precedent.

U.S. anti-missile system in the previous tests, target missiles are launched from land, but this time on the sea-based missile intercept test will help the U.S. Navy to build a worldwide anti-missile network. Some analysts claimed that the missile test is likely to be submarine-launched missiles to intercept for the future preparation.

will replace ground-based space-based, as an important goal

According to U.S. media reports, the U.S. has begun to study advanced aircraft to install equipment, and proposed to build ” air-launched anti-ballistic missile defense system. ” It also makes the United States in the successful development of land-based, sea-based missile defense system, the first space-based missile defense systems to expand. According to reports, the United States combined with AWACS aircraft have been carried out with different defensive missiles, build a high-and low two-tier defense network test. Although the results did not reveal, but enough to show that the U.S. anti-missile system has entered a new stage. The space-based missile defense instead of land-based missile defense will become an important goal of U.S. military development.

Japan $ 1.9 billion expansion of coverage throughout the

plan by Japan’s Defense Agency, Japan’s missile defense system will be phased construction, completed in early 2007, the first missile defense system in 2011 to complete the construction of the entire system.

Japan’s missile defense system will be a two-tier missile defense system, which consists of sea-based interceptors and ground-based mid-altitude interception system of two parts. “Sea-based theater-wide missile defense system” is responsible for off the coast of Japan over the defense, responsible for middle and boost phase intercept missiles, and strive to destroy incoming missiles outside the atmosphere. By blocking the transmission of information will fail to lower interception system, and then by the “Patriot” air defense missile system to destroy.

sea-based missile defense system is based on the “Aegis” system as the foundation established to provide a range of 3,500 km, the short-range ballistic missile defense. “Aegis” system is the United States in the 1980s began to equip a carrier-based air and missile defense combat systems. Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force from 1992 to 1998 respectively with a 4 called the world’s most advanced “Aegis” destroyers.

land-based missile defense system by the “Patriot” missiles to intercept network consisting of low-level. Currently there are 120 Japanese Self-Defense Forces “Patriot II” missile launchers, composed of six anti-aircraft missile base.

August 3 last year, the Japanese Defense Agency said it would seek in fiscal year 2010 budget of the 176.1 billion yen (about $ 1.9 billion) allocated for improving the missile defense system. Defense Agency plans to increase the deployment of US-made “Patriot” land-based interceptor missiles, to cover all of Japan.

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