Ground-based Midcourse Defense Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

ground-based midcourse defense

Term Source: JP 3-01 (Countering Air and Missile Threats) ?

1.) A surface-to-air ballistic missile defense system for exo-atmospheric midcourse phase interception of long-range ballistic missiles using the ground-based interceptors.

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Term Classification: operations

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Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 3-01: Countering Air and Missile Threats, updated March 2012 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015

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