Missile defense systems by country

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This article is about efforts by various countries to develop nationwide missile defense systems. For other uses, seeMissile
defense and Anti-ballistic missile.
Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such
asintercontinental ballistic missile (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States, Russia, France, India and Israel have all
developed missile defense systems.[1]

Contents
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 1Definitions
 2China
 3France, UK, and Italy
 4India
o 4.1Ballistic missile defence
o 4.2Cruise missile defense
 5Israel
 6Russia
 7United States
 8Other developments
o 8.1Japan
o 8.2Taiwan
o 8.3South Korea
o 8.4United Arab Emirates
 9Criticism
 10See also
 11Footnotes
 12References
 13External links

Definitions[edit]

 The term "Missile defense system" broadly means a system that provides any defense
against any missile type (conventional or nuclear) by any country.
 Any mechanism which can detect and then destroy a missile before it can cause any
harm is called a missile defence system (MDS).[2]
The role of defense against nuclear missiles has been a heated military and political topic for several decades. However, missile
defense is no longer limited to interception of strategic nuclear weapons. The gradual development and proliferation of missile
technology has blurred the line between the technologies for the interception of tactical missiles (usually short to intermediate range
with non-nuclear payloads) and the interception of strategic missiles (usually long ranged with nuclear payloads). High-performance
tactical ballistic missiles carrying non-nuclear payloads now have the ability to affect strategic balance in conflict zones. Likewise,
high-performance tactical missile defense systems can now influence force deployment strategies.

China[edit]
China tested the FJ ABM in the Cold War but they were ultimately cancelled. The PLA has currently developed the KTseries of anti
ballistic missiles and also have adopted limited anti ballistic capabilities on the HQ-9, KS series, and HQ-16.
China successfully tested its exoatmospheric interception capability in a test in 2010 and also in a test in 2013, being the second of
two countries able to do so.
Four versions of the S-300 are in service the PMU, PMU1 and PMU2 and the navalised S-300FM Rif. Based on the S-300PMU1,
the Rif equips the PLAN’s two Type 51C Luzhou air-defence destroyers enabling them to contribute to the protection of a coastal
site against SRBM attack.[3]
The S-300PMU2 has the best chance of intercepting an SRBM missile as it employs the 48N6E2 missile which has a warhead
optimised for destroying ballistic missiles, and better kinematics compared to earlier 48N6 missiles.[3]
HQ-9 may have some ABM capability.[Note 1][3]
However, it might be noted that on 11 January 2007 the Chinese successfully performed an anti-satellite missile test[4] using a KT-
1[Note 2] missile with a Kinetic Kill Vehicle mounted.[3]
New missiles, the HQ-19, HQ-26, and HQ-29, are being built.[5]

France, UK, and Italy[edit]

Main article: Aster (missile family)

HMS Diamond (D34) a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer equipped with the Sylver A-50 VLS and Aster 15 and 30 missiles. Diamond fired her missiles for the first

time during May 2012 successfully intercepting a Mirach drone. [6]

Italy and France have developed a missile family called Aster (Aster 15 and Aster 30). Aster 30 is capable of ballistic missile
defense. On 18 October 2010, France announced a successful tactical ABM test of the Aster 30 missile and on 1 December 2011 a
successful interception of a Black Sparrow ballistic target missile. Royal NavyType 45 destroyers and French Navy and Italian
Navy Horizon -class frigates are armed with PAAMS, using Aster 15 and 30 missiles.
Also, France is developing another version, Aster 30 block II which can destroy ballistic missiles with a maximum range of 3000 km.
It will have a Kill Vehicle warhead.
Superficie-Aria Media Portata Terrestre (Italian for Ground-based Surface-to-Air Medium Range, SAMP/T) using batteries of Aster
30 missiles. France has demonstrated the feasibility of destroying medium range ballistic missile.
Aster 15 and 30 missiles differ only in the size of their booster - total weights being 310 kg and 450 kg respectively. Aster 30
requires the longer tubes of the SYLVER A50 launcher, but its range is extended from 30 kilometres (19 mi) to 120 kilometres
(75 mi). Aster 30 is also capable of ballistic missile defense. The first stage booster of the missile is entirely designed and
manufactured by Avio of Italy.

India[edit]
India's air defence network has two principal components - the ‘Air Defence Ground Environment System’ (ADGES) and the ‘Base
Air Defence Zones’ (BADZ). The ADGES network provides for wide area radar coverage and permits the detection and interception
of most aerial incursions into Indian airspace. The BADZ system is far more concentrated
withradars, interceptors, SAMs and AAA units working in conjunction to provide an intense and highly effective defensive barrier to
attacks on vital targets.[7]

Ballistic missile defence[edit]

Launching of Advanced Air Defense (AAD) missile

Main article: Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Program

The Ballistic Missile Defence Program is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defense system to
protect India from ballistic missile attacks.[8][9]
Introduced in light of the ballistic missile threat from Pakistan,[10] it is a double-tiered system consisting of two interceptor missiles,
namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower
altitude interception. The two-tiered shield should be able to intercept any incoming missile launched 5,000 kilometers away.[11]
PAD was tested in November 2006, followed by AAD in December 2007. With the test of the PAD missile, India became the fourth
country to have successfully developed an Anti-ballistic missile system, after United States, Russia and Israel.[12] On 6 March 2009,
India again successfully tested its missile defense shield, during which an incoming "enemy" missile was intercepted at an altitude of
75 km.[13]
On 6 May 2012, it was announced that Phase-I is complete and can be deployed to protect two Indian cities at a short
notice.[14][15] New Delhi, the national capital, and Mumbai, have been selected for the ballistic missile defence shield.[16] After
successful implementation in Delhi and Mumbai, the system will be used to cover other major cities in the country.[17] This shield can
destroy incoming ballistic missiles launched from as far as 2,500 km away. When the Phase II is completed and PDV is developed,
the two anti-ballistic missiles can intercept targets up to 5,000 km both at exo and endo-atmospheric (inside the atmosphere)
regions. The missiles will work in tandem to ensure a hit probability of 99.8 per cent.[18][19]
Apart from DRDO's endeavour to develop a potent missile defense, India is reportedly examining the Israeli Arrow, the Almaz
design bureau's S-300 PMU-1/-2 and S-400 and the Antey design bureau's Antey 2500/S-300VM.[7] India has procured a squadron
of S-300V systems which are in use as an 'anti-tactical ballistic missile screen'.[20][21]

Cruise missile defense[edit]

See also: Advanced Air Defence (AAD)
Defending against an attack by a cruise missile on the other hand is similar to tackling low-flying manned aircraft and hence most
methods of aircraft defence can be used for a cruise missile defence system.[2]
In order to ward off the threats of nuke-tipped cruise missile attack India has a new missile defence programme which will be
focused solely on intercepting cruise missiles. The technological breakthrough has been created with an Advanced Air Defence
missile (AAD).[22] DRDO Chief, Dr V K Saraswat stated in an Interview "Our studies have indicated that this [AAD] will be able to
handle a cruise missile intercept,"[22]
Furthermore, India is acquiring airborne radars like AWACS to ensure detection of cruise missiles in order to stay on top of the
threat.[22]
Barak-8 is a long-range anti-air and anti-missile naval defence system being developed jointly by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India. The Indian Army is considering induction of a variant of
Barak 8 missile to meet its requirement for a medium-range surface-to-air air defence missile. The naval version of this missile will
have the capability to intercept incoming enemy cruise missiles and combat jets targeting its warships at sea.[23] India has a joint
venture for this missile with Israel.[24]
On 17 November 2010, in an interview Rafael's Vice President Mr. Lova Drori confirmed that the David's Sling system has been
offered to the Indian Armed Forces.[25]

Israel[edit]

An Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor.

Israel has a national missile defense against short to long range missiles using theirArrow missile system. The Arrow
or Hetz (Hebrew: ‫ח ֵ ץ‬, pronounced [ˈχet͡ s]) is a family ofanti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a theater
missile defense system. Jointly funded and produced by Israel and the United States,[Note 3]development of the system began in 1986
and has continued since, drawing some contested criticism. Undertaken by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Boeing, it is
overseen by the Israeli Ministry of Defense's "Homa" (Hebrew: ‫ חומה‬,pronounced [χoma], "rampart") administration and the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency.
The Arrow system consists of the joint production hypersonic Arrow anti-missile interceptor, the Elta EL/M-2080 "Green Pine" early-
warning AESA radar, the Tadiran Telecom "Golden Citron" ("Citron Tree") C 3I center, and the Israel Aerospace Industries "Brown
Hazelnut" ("Hazelnut Tree") launch control center. The system is transportable, as it can be moved to other prepared sites.
Following the construction and testing of the Arrow 1 technology demonstrator, production and deployment began with the Arrow
2 version of the missile. The Arrow is considered one of the most advanced missile defense programs currently in existence.[26][27]

The design of Arrow 3 promises to be an extremely capable system, more advanced than what we have ever attempted in the U.S. with our
“ programs. [...] This has to do with the seekers that have greater flexibility and other aspects, such as propulsion systems – it will be an
extremely capable system.[28] ”
It is the first operational missile defense system specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles.[29][30] Initial
operating capability of Arrow 3 is expected in 2014.[31] The first Arrow battery was declared fully operational in October 2000.
Although several of its components have been exported, the Israeli Air Defense Commandwithin the Israeli Air Force (IAF) of
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is currently the sole user of the complete Arrow system.
Apart from Arrow missile, Israel has Iron dome which is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells
fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometers away[32] and David's Sling that is designed to intercept medium-to-long range rockets and
cruise missiles, such as those possessed by Hezbollah, fired at ranges from 40 km to 300 km.[25]

Russia[edit]

S-300PMU-2 vehicles. From left to right: 64N6E2 detection radar, 54K6E2 command post and 5P85 TEL.
S-400 vehicles. From left to right: 6P80 TEL, 65N6 detection radar.

The Russian A-135 anti-ballistic missile system is currently operational only around the city of Moscow, the national capital, and is
being augmented to protect major cities inRussia. The A-135 anti-ballistic missile system is a Russian military complex deployed
around Moscow to counter enemy missiles targeting the city or its surrounding areas. It became operational during 1995. It is a
successor to the previous A-35, and compliant with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty from which the US unilaterally withdrew in
2002.[3]
The A-135 system attained "alert" (operational) status on 17 February 1995. It is currently operational although its 53T6 (NATO:SH-
11) component is deactivated (as of February 2007). A newer missile is expected to replace it. There is an operational test version
of the system at the test site in Sary Shagan, Kazakhstan.
The S-300PMU1 and PMU2 can intercept SRBMs, and the S-300V and S-400 Triumf systems are capable of intercepting a multiple
IRBM attack by all DF-21 model IRBMs.[3] These air-defense systems have been purchased by Turkey, India, China, Saudi Arabia,
and South Korea. Other countries which have also expressed interest include Iran and Belarus.
The enhanced S-300VM/VMK is capable of intercepting ballistic missiles with a range of 2,500 km re-entry speeds of 4.5 km/s,
whereas the S-400 is claimed to be capable of intercepting ballistic missiles with a range of 3,500 km which equates to re-entry
speeds of 4.8 to 5 km/s. A system designed to intercept warheads at 5 km/s has the ability to act as a point system against simple
ICBM warheads which have a typical re-entry speed of 7 km/s.[3] Apart from the main Moscow deployment, Russia has striven
actively for intrinsic ABM capabilities of its late model SAM systems. Russian ground based theatre defence against ballistic and
cruise missiles are centered on the in-service

 S-300P (SA-10)
 S-300V (SA-12A/B Giant/Gladiator)
 S-300PMU-1/2 (SA-20A/B Gargoyle)
 S-400 (SA-21)
 S-500 ( In development )

United States[edit]

A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exo-atmospheric 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.
Main article: United States national missile defense
The U.S. Sentinel program was a planned national missile defense during the 1970s, but was never deployed. Elements of Sentinel
were actually deployed briefly as the Safeguard Program, although it wasn't national in scope. United States has had in
development a nationwide antimissile program 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.
Other elements yet to be integrated into NMD (National Missile Defense) may 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.[33]
As of 2012, this system is operational with limited capability. In early April 2013, the Pentagon deployed 14 missile interceptors to
Guam in response to the North Korean threats to deliver nuclear weapons to the United States.[34][35]

Other developments[edit]
Japan[edit]
Main article: RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
In 2015, the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), and also the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), initiated their 51st
year of annual live-fire missile launches at McGregor Range, New Mexico in Fort Bliss.[36] The 2014 annual service practice of the
PAC-3 Patriot missile demonstrated a 100 percent kill rate before a group which included the commanding generals of White Sands
Missile Range (WSMR), and of the 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command(AAMDC). Every JASDF Patriot team participated in
the annual exercise, which takes several months.[37]
Since 1998, when North Korea launched a Taepodong-1 missile over northern Japan, the Japanese have been jointly developing a
new Surface-to-air interceptor known as the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) with the US. So far tests have been successful,
and there are planned 11 locations that the PAC-3 will be installed. A military spokesman[38] said that tests had been done on two
sites, one of them a business park in central Tokyo, and Ichigaya – a site not far from the Imperial Palace. Along with the PAC-3,
Japan has installed a US-developed ship-based anti-ballistic missile system, which was tested successfully on 18 December 2007.
The missile was launched from a Japanese warship, in partnership with the US Missile Defense Agency and destroyed a mock
target launched from the coast.
Japan is in consultations with the United States to possibly deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and a
ground-based version of the Standard Missile-3 interceptors mounted on Aegis destroyers. Japan's intention is to create a four-
stage anti-missile shield.[39]

Taiwan[edit]
Taiwan is also engaging in the development of anti-ballistic missile system, based on indigenously developed Tien Kung-II (Sky
Bow) SAM system and Patriot-III missiles.[40]
Taiwan is building up a "missile defense shield" in response to Chinese missiles pointed in its direction. The latest addition will be
six Patriot III batteries and a long-range early warning radar system. Taiwan needs Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
system from the U.S. to defend herself as well.[41][42]

South Korea[edit]
Like the UAE (see below), South Korea has agreed to deploy THAAD systems.[43] The agreement was announced in July 2016. [44]
Because a kinetic-kill defense such as THAAD destroys high-value incoming missiles by colliding with them, the missile system is
defensive, and not for offense. The agreement came after a North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile launch in June 2016;
China has rebuked the actions of the involved parties,[45] as destabilizing.

United Arab Emirates[edit]

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has graduated its first two Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) unit classes at Fort Bliss in
2015, and in 2016.[46] Its first live-fire exercises with Patriot missiles took place in 2014. The UAE is “the first GCC (Gulf Cooperation
Council) partner to possess an upper tier ballistic missile defense capability, and the first non-U.S. unit in the world to possess the
premiere medium-range ballistic missile killer on the planet – the THAAD weapon system,” stated the US Army general who
addressed this graduating class.[47]

Criticism[edit]
While speaking at a seminar in Vienna in 2012, Zhu Chenghu, of China's National Defense University, opined missile defense to be
destabilizing; Zhu was not alone: Joseph Circincione, of the Ploughshares Fund and attending the same seminar, stated that any
US military planner in Zhu's position would have had to say the same thing, in order to project credible military deterrence.[48] Bruno
Gruselle, in 2010, noted that French policy makers considered the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and the doctrine
of Mutual assured destruction to be the cornerstones of strategic stability.[49] Some French analysts, notably Camille Grand,[50] view
missile defense as jeopardizing both the doctrine and the Treaty, as well as risking a new arms race,[49] which is reflected in the
development of advanced missile defense counter measures and decoys as well as a higher number of and more maneuverable
independently targetable reentry vehicles [51] - as well as the intercept systems designed to defeat them.
Additionally experts question the accuracy and reliability of these systems.[52] Beyond the technical difficulties, which have been
described as more challenging than hitting one bullet with another all performance data is derived from experiments and scripted
tests. Their effectivity in an actual all-out war situation is uncertain.[2] However, non-nuclear ballistic and conventional missiles have
been used in recent limited regional conflicts to strategic effect. Several Houthi-fired ballistic missiles in Yemen have been
intercepted by Saudi Patriot batteries, and Russian cruise missiles have been notably used in the current Syrian conflict.
Gruselle noted most French security experts doubted the technological feasibility of intercontinental ballistic missile defense. Some
thought it foolish to spend huge amounts of money on unproven technologies that lacked operational or political usefulness. Instead,
the French defense policy community viewed missile defense merely as an American "economic weapon" used to defeat the Soviet
Union and win the Cold War.[53]
The extant missile defenses are currently vulnerable to maneuverable hypersonic vehicles, which can maneuver at speeds high
enough to defeat missile defenses. China is among the countries pursuing hypersonic vehicles as warhead delivery systems.[54]
Yousaf Butt, a critic of missile defense, states in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that "just as with nuclear weapons, the U.S.
infatuation with missile defense will cause other nations to desire this expensive technology".[55]
Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern
Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield.[56] Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov
also warned that talks between Moscow and Washington on the topic are "close to a dead end."[56] U.S. State Department special
envoy Ellen Tauscher responded that neither country can afford another arms race.[56]

See also[edit]

 United States national missile defense

 Anti-ballistic missile
 Ballistic missile
 Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
 Nuclear strategy
 Missile Defense Agency

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1. Jump up^ However, it is kinematically inferior to the imported Russian S-300PMU2 Favorit
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2. Jump up^ described by the director of United States Defense Intelligence Agency as a SC-19
missile
3. Jump up^ Dr. Uzi Rubin: "The Arrow program used practically no U.S. technology, just U.S.
money. It was almost entirely based on Israeli technology, though we bought some components
in the U.S. because they were cheaper." (2003) —source

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External links[edit]

 Article on Missile Threat Shift to the Black Sea region

 Video of the Endo-Atmospheric Interceptor missile system test by India
 Video of the Exo-Atmospheric interceptor missile system test by India
 The Center for Defense Information has many resources on ABMs and NMD.
 The Federation of American Scientists A resource for technical data, full-text of key
documents, and analysis.
 MissileThreat.com, a listing and descriptions of ABM systems around the world.
 The unofficial website of the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard complex contains relevant
images and history of the Safeguard program.
 History of U.S. Air Defense Systems

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Types of missile

Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)

Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)

Air-to-air missile (AAM)

Air-to-surface missile (ASM)

Ballistic missile

Cruise missile

By platform Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)

Shoulder-fired missile

Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM)

Surface-to-air missile (SAM)

Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)

 Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)

Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT)

Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)

By target type Anti-ship missile (AShM)

Anti-submarine missile

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 See also: Sounding rocket

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