Back الدرع الصاروخي الأمريكي Arabic Národní raketová obrana Czech Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Danish National Missile Defense German Escudo Antimisiles Spanish دفاع موشکی ملی ایالات متحده Persian Défense antimissile des États-Unis French 국가 미사일 방어 Korean USAs anti-ballistiske missilforsvar NB Ballistic Missile Defense Polish

United States national missile defense

This article is about the nationwide missile defense program of the United States. For the general concept of missile defense, see Missile defense. For the missile defense systems of other countries, see Missile defense systems by country.

National missile defense (NMD) refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had in development since the 1990s. After the renaming in 2002, the term now refers to the entire program, not just the ground-based interceptors and associated facilities.

A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on 3 December 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean.

Other elements that could potentially be integrated into NMD include anti-ballistic missiles, or sea-based, space-based, laser, and high altitude missile systems. The NMD program is limited in scope and designed to counter a relatively small ICBM attack from a less sophisticated adversary. Unlike the earlier Strategic Defense Initiative program, it is not designed to be a robust shield against a large attack from a technically sophisticated adversary.

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