Hanscom Air Force Base to assist Qatar with air and missile defense system

Hanscom to assist Qatar with air and missile defense system

"...As part of a $7.3 billion FMS case between Qatar and the United States, the Air Force -- specifically the Battle Management Directorate here at Hanscom -- will develop an Air and Missile Defense Operations Center, or ADOC, and provide the integration necessary for both U.S. and foreign ground-based air and missile defense systems...."

Reference: www.afmc.af.mil .

State Department: International Security and Missile Defense

State Department: International Security and Missile Defense

"... discuss three key issues:

First, the United States’ commitment to ballistic missile defense (BMD) and the Fiscal Year 2015 missile defense budget request;

Second, the significant progress that has been made in implementing the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) over the past year; and;

Third, cooperation on missile defense with allies and partners outside of Europe....

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Reference: www.state.gov .

Successful test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System

US Successfully Tests Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Amid Ongoing Tensions With Russia

"...The United States successfully tested the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, or BMD, system over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, simultaneously destroying one ballistic missile target and two cruise missile targets, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, announced in a statement...."

Reference: www.ibtimes.com .