Military Periscope Logo

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)

Country of Origin: USA

The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is designed to defend the forces and territories of the United States and its allies against all classes of ballistic missile threats. It builds off the previous Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and National Missile Defense (NMD) programs.

Working as a layered system, the BMDS is designed to develop components that use complementary sensors and weapons to engage threats in the boost, midcourse and...

Please log in to continue reading.

Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.

Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…

  • More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
  • Nearly every country's armed forces
  • Militant organizations
laptop image

Try Military Periscope free for seven days