Missile defense

The future of missile defense – the MDAA point of view

Last week  Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) held a Congressional Roundtable Discussion on Future Ballistic Missile Defense Systems at the United States Capitol.

The following is a summary of some of the key takeaways from Tuesday’s discussion:

Space assets perform a number of vital functions for missile defense, including missile warning and tracking, system communication and fire control. The advantages space provides in persistence and geographic reach make it an essential part of any sensor architecture that seeks to provide birth-to-death tracking.