INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS|defence
- an Ghníomhaireacht um Chosaint in aghaidh Diúracán Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
- ga
- Missile Defense Agency | MDA
- en
- Nóta Its mission is to develop, test, and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defence system (BMDS) to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight.It traces its roots back to the origins of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, which President Reagan launched in 1983 to develop non-nuclear missile defences. The SDI consolidated missile defense programs that were scattered among several government offices and moulded them into a coherent program under the management of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO).As the technologies developed under the original initiative evolved, so did the organisation responsible for their management. In 1994, the SDIO was officially renamed the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). The National Missile Defense Act of 1999 defined the mission for the BMDO, while the U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) in 2002 lessened the restrictions to develop and test these technologies.In 2002, the BMDO was renamed the Missile Defense Agency. It continued to research and develop hit-to-kill technologies, and, in time, began to test and field elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.Reference:- US Department of Defense Missile Defence Agency, http://www.mda.mil/ [23.11.2015]- US Department of Defense Missile Defence Agency > About Us > MDA History, http://www.mda.mil/about/history.html [23.11.2015]
- Agence de défense antimissile
- fr
- Nóta Replaced BMDO from 2.1.2002. --