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125%;">Missile Defense Agency</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg/225px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Missile_Defense_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">January 2002<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2002-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative" title="Strategic Defense Initiative">Strategic Defense Initiative</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Organization" title="Ballistic Missile Defense Organization">Ballistic Missile Defense Organization</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal government of the United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Headquarters Command Center, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Belvoir" title="Fort Belvoir">Fort Belvoir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">Approx. 2500 (3000 with non-MDA support personnel) (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$9.187 billion (FY 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/Heath_Collins" title="Heath Collins">Heath Collins</a>, Director</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Laura M. DeSimone, Executive Director<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mda.mil">www<wbr />.mda<wbr />.mil</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Missile Defense Agency</b> (<b>MDA</b>) is a component of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">United States government's</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> responsible for developing a comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">defense</a> against <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile" title="Ballistic missile">ballistic missiles</a>. It had its origins in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative" title="Strategic Defense Initiative">Strategic Defense Initiative</a> (SDI) which was established in 1983 by <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> and which was headed by <a href="/wiki/James_A._Abrahamson" title="James A. Abrahamson">Lt. General James Alan Abrahamson</a>. Under the Strategic Defense Initiative's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories, universities, and in industry. These programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, advanced materials, nuclear research, supercomputing/computation, and many other critical science and engineering disciplines—funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists, and which was most politically viable to fund from appropriations for national defense.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Organization" title="Ballistic Missile Defense Organization">Ballistic Missile Defense Organization</a> in 1993, and then renamed the Missile Defense Agency in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current director is Lieutenant General Heath A. Collins.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rapid changes in the strategic environment due to the rapid <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> led, in 1993, to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> focusing on <a href="/wiki/Theatre_ballistic_missile" title="Theatre ballistic missile">theater ballistic missiles</a> and similar threats, and renaming it the <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Organization" title="Ballistic Missile Defense Organization">Ballistic Missile Defense Organization</a>, BMDO. With another change to a more global focus made by <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, in 2002 the organization became the Missile Defense Agency. </p><p>The Missile Defense Agency is partially or wholly responsible for the development of several <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballistic missile defense">ballistic missile defense</a> (BMD) systems, including the <a href="/wiki/Patriot_PAC-3" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriot PAC-3">Patriot PAC-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System" title="Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System">Aegis BMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/THAAD" class="mw-redirect" title="THAAD">THAAD</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ground-Based_Midcourse_Defense" title="Ground-Based Midcourse Defense">Ground-Based Midcourse Defense</a> system with a cost of $246 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also led the development of numerous other projects, including the <a href="/wiki/Multiple_Kill_Vehicle" title="Multiple Kill Vehicle">Multiple Kill Vehicle</a> and the newer Multi-Object Kill Vehicle, the <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Energy_Interceptor" title="Kinetic Energy Interceptor">Kinetic Energy Interceptor</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">Airborne Laser</a>. As the inheritor of the SDI and BMDO work, the MDA continues to fund fundamental research in high-energy physics, supercomputing/computation, advanced materials, and many other science and engineering disciplines.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_statement">Mission statement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission statement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:THAAD_Launcher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/THAAD_Launcher.jpg/200px-THAAD_Launcher.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/THAAD_Launcher.jpg/300px-THAAD_Launcher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/THAAD_Launcher.jpg/400px-THAAD_Launcher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense" title="Terminal High Altitude Area Defense">THAAD</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile" title="Anti-ballistic missile">Anti-ballistic missile</a> launcher</figcaption></figure> <p>The MDA currently publishes the following mission statement: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) mission is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight."<sup id="cite_ref-mdamission_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdamission-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The National Defense Authorization Act is cited as the original source of the MDA's mission: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"It is the policy of the United States to maintain and improve an effective, robust layered missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States, allies, deployed forces, and capabilities against the developing and increasingly complex ballistic missile threat with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for National Missile Defense. National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 114–328)"<sup id="cite_ref-mdamission_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdamission-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_mission">International mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_(c).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg/200px-Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg/300px-Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg/400px-Arrow-3_Jan-03-2013_%28c%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arrow_3" title="Arrow 3">Arrow 3</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Spaceflight" title="Spaceflight">exoatmospheric</a> <a href="/wiki/Hypersonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypersonic">hypersonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile" title="Anti-ballistic missile">anti-ballistic missile</a>, jointly funded, developed and produced by Israel and the United States.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS) must be capable of operating in different regions of the world to ensure the success of the MDA mission. The International Strategy was approved by the MDA Director in 2007. The general strategy for international efforts is:<sup id="cite_ref-MDA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><b>Outreach:</b> Communicate the importance of missile defense by promoting worldwide BMDS by sharing information with allies and partners.</dd> <dd><b>Capability and Interoperability:</b> Identify and integrate U.S and partner systems to create global missile defense system. Promote interoperability among allies.</dd> <dd><b>Technology:</b> Identify and evaluate possible international technology in support of BMDS capabilities.</dd> <dd><b>Investment:</b> Identify and execute investment opportunities with allies and partners.</dd> <dd><b>Workforce:</b> Shape a qualified workforce to execute the MDA International Strategy.</dd></dl> <p>As of 2017 MDA was working on facilities in Germany, Romania, Poland, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Potential_threats_against_the_United_States">Potential threats against the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Potential threats against the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ballistic missile systems using advanced liquid- or solid-propellant propulsion are becoming more mobile, accurate and capable of striking targets over longer distances and are proliferating worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-MDA,2010_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDA,2010-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: pp.18–19/61">: pp.18–19/61 </span></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> currently has short- and medium- range missiles with guidance systems. Iran's launch of a medium range, solid fuel ballistic missile demonstrates its ability to hit targets in Israel and southern Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iran also successfully launched the Safir Space Launch Vehicle on Feb 2, 2009. It was then speculated that development of an ICBM was not far behind. Intelligence reports that a missile could have been built sometime between 2010 and 2015 perhaps using help from Russian and North Korean technology.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iran2017_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iran2017-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iran also recently developed a <a href="/wiki/Hypersonic_weapon" title="Hypersonic weapon">hypersonic ballistic missile</a> in 2022, which can move fifteen times the <a href="/wiki/Speed_of_sound" title="Speed of sound">speed of sound</a> and can reach U.S. and European targets, as well as the U.S. mainland, in 15 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> currently deploys a <a href="/wiki/Rodong-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodong-1">Nodong</a> ballistic missile capable of hitting Japan and South Korea, and is developing a new <a href="/wiki/Intermediate-range_ballistic_missile" title="Intermediate-range ballistic missile">intermediate-range ballistic missile</a> (IRBM) which could reach Guam and the Aleutian Islands. They also successfully demonstrated the staging and separation technologies required to launch a Taepo-Dong 2 ICBM, which has the capability to reach the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Taepodong-2" title="Taepodong-2">Taepodong</a> missile <a href="/wiki/2006_North_Korean_missile_test" title="2006 North Korean missile test">was first tested</a> in 2006, and failed 40 seconds into midflight. North Korean missiles are notoriously unreliable, and many of the DPRK's missile tests have failed, including the most recent Taepodong-2 launches in 2009 and 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a failed launch of the <a href="/wiki/BM25_Musudan" class="mw-redirect" title="BM25 Musudan">BM25 Musudan</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 January 2017, North Korea announced its final preparation for a test of an ICBM, for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 March 2017, North Korea launched four missiles from Tongchang-ri,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a known long-range missile site at 7:36 a.m. local time, one of which landed in the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a>, with the remaining three missiles landing in Japan's economic zone.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 4, 2017 North Korea launched a ballistic missile that had the potential to be an ICBM. It flew through space and landed in the Sea of Japan. "The launch continues to demonstrate that North Korea poses a threat to the United States and our allies," a Pentagon statement said.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> has been identified as a host for <a href="/wiki/Short-range_ballistic_missile" title="Short-range ballistic missile">short-range ballistic missiles</a> (as it acquires equipment from North Korea and Iran).<sup id="cite_ref-MDA,2010_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDA,2010-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: p.19/61">: p.19/61 </span></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defense_of_Guam">Defense of Guam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Defense of Guam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MDA will be using multiple technologies to defend Guam.<sup id="cite_ref-mdaGuam_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaGuam-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hillAtkinsonPpbeFy24_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hillAtkinsonPpbeFy24-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mdaPpbe24_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaPpbe24-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ftm31Ea_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ftm31Ea-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Categories">Categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg/200px-Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg/300px-Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg/400px-Patriot_missile_launch_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot" title="MIM-104 Patriot">MIM-104 Patriot</a> <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a> (SAM) with <a href="/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile" title="Anti-ballistic missile">anti-ballistic missile</a> capabilities.</figcaption></figure> <p>MDA divides its systems into four phases: boost; ascent; mid-course; and terminal. Each of these corresponds to a different <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile#Flight_phases" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">phase</a> of the threat ballistic missile flight regime. Each phase offers different advantages and disadvantages to a missile defense system (see <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense#Classified_by_trajectory_phase" title="Missile defense">missile defense classified by trajectory phase</a>), and the geography of each defended area dictates the types of systems which can be employed. The resultant flexible and layered defense approach concept is believed to improve overall defense effectiveness. The more opportunities a system has to neutralize a threat (e.g., by shooting down a missile), the better the chance of success.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Activities have also been categorized as fulfilling the goals of one of five "blocks". For example, "block 4.0" was stated as "Defend Allies and Deployed Forces in Europe from Limited Iranian Long-Range Threats and Expand Protection of U.S. Homeland". It included the <a href="/wiki/US_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="US missile defense complex in Poland">US missile defense complex in Poland</a> to be constructed, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=European_Mid-course_Radar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="European Mid-course Radar (page does not exist)">European Mid-course Radar</a> (EMR), currently located at the <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Test_Site" title="Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site">Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll" title="Kwajalein Atoll">Kwajalein Atoll</a>, which was to have been modified and relocated to the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 September 2009, the Obama administration scrapped the "block 4.0" plan, in favor of a new so-called "European Phased Adaptive Approach" (EPAA).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boost_phase">Boost phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Boost phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Can intercept all ranges of missiles, but the missile boost phase is only from one to five minutes. It is the best time to track the missile because it is bright and hot. The missile defense interceptors and sensors must be in close proximity to the launch, which is not always possible. This is the most desirable interception phase because it destroys the missile early in flight at its most vulnerable point and the debris will typically fall on the launching nations' territory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ascent_phase">Ascent phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ascent phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is the phase after powered flight but before the <a href="/wiki/Apogee" class="mw-redirect" title="Apogee">apogee</a>. It is significantly less challenging than boost phase intercepts, less costly, minimizes the potential impact of debris, and reduces the number of interceptors required to defeat a raid of missiles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midcourse_phase">Midcourse phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Midcourse phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This phase begins after the booster burns out and begins coasting in space. This can last as long as 20 minutes. Any debris remaining will burn up as it enters the atmosphere. Ground-based missile defense systems can defend from long-range and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in this phase. Mobile elements can defend against medium and short ranged missiles in midcourse. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terminal_phase">Terminal phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Terminal phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This phase is the last chance to intercept the warhead. This contains the least-desirable Interception Point (IP) because there is little room for error and the interception will probably occur close to the defended target.<sup id="cite_ref-MDA_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defenses">Defenses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Defenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boost_phase_defense">Boost phase defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Boost phase defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research and development: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Energy_Interceptor" title="Kinetic Energy Interceptor">Kinetic Energy Interceptor</a> (KEI) – In December 2003, MDA awarded a contract to <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> for developing and testing. It will have to be launched from a location not too far from the launch site of the target missile (and is therefore less suitable against large countries), it has to be fired very soon after launch of the target, and it has to be very fast itself (6 km/s). In 2009, the Department of Defense and MDA determined the technological issues were excessive and cancelled the program, allocating no funding for it in its later budget submission.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">Boeing YAL-1</a> Airborne Laser (ABL) – Team ABL proposed and won the contract for this system in 1996. A high-energy laser mounted on a converted 747 airliner was used to intercept a test target in January 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-ABL_2010_test_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABL_2010_test-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the following month, successfully destroyed two test missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the program has been cancelled due to concerns about its practicality with present technology (while successful the system was still extremely short ranged, likely needing to fly in heavily defended space to make an interception) the YAL-1 served to demonstrate the potential of such a system. The capabilities of being deployed rapidly to any part of the world and of intercepting a large number of missiles would make a future system extremely attractive.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_Centric_Airborne_Defense_Element" title="Network Centric Airborne Defense Element">Network Centric Airborne Defense Element</a> (NCADE) – On September 18, 2008 Raytheon announced it had been awarded a $10 million contract to continue research and development of NCADE, a missile defense system based on the <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>One can distinguish disabling the warheads and just disabling the boosting capability. The latter has the risk of "shortfall": damage in countries between the launch site and the target location. </p><p>See also <a href="/wiki/National_Missile_Defense#Technical_Issues" class="mw-redirect" title="National Missile Defense">APS report</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ascent_phase_defense">Ascent phase defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ascent phase defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research and development: </p> <ul><li><b>Ascent phase intercept</b> (<b>API</b>) – Emerging intercept technologies are being developed and designed to defeat launched missiles in their <a href="/wiki/Coast_phase" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast phase">ascent phase</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This phase is after the boost phase and prior to the threat missile's apogee (midcourse). The Ascent phase intercept program is still classified so there is little information on it.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midcourse_(ballistic)_phase_defense"><span id="Midcourse_.28ballistic.29_phase_defense"></span>Midcourse (ballistic) phase defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Midcourse (ballistic) phase defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In use: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ground-Based_Midcourse_Defense" title="Ground-Based Midcourse Defense">Ground-Based Midcourse Defense</a> (GMD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System" title="Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System">Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command#GPI" title="United States Army Futures Command">Aegis BMD</a>)</li></ul> <p>Research and development: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiple_Kill_Vehicle" title="Multiple Kill Vehicle">Multiple Kill Vehicle</a> (MKV, originally Miniature Kill Vehicle): the Department of Defense has canceled the MKV program for the time being.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hypersonic_glide_phase_defense">Hypersonic glide phase defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Hypersonic glide phase defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research and development: </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>This section included material from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">United States Army Futures Command</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="GPI"></span>By 2021, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) realized that it almost had a <a href="/wiki/Countermeasure" title="Countermeasure">countermeasure</a> to hypersonic boost-glide weapons, by using existing data on the <a href="/wiki/Hypersonic_flight#Hypersonic_weapons_development" title="Hypersonic flight">adversary hypersonic systems</a> which were gathered from existing US satellite and ground-based sensors.<sup id="cite_ref-mdaKickstarts_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaKickstarts-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MDA then fed this data into its existing systems models, and concluded that the adversary hypersonic weapon's glide phase offered the best chance for MDA to intercept it.<sup id="cite_ref-mdaHbtss_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaHbtss-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MDA next proffered a request for information (RFI) from the defense community for building interceptors (denoted the GPI —glide phase interceptor) against the glide phase of that hypersonic weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-mdaHbtss_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaHbtss-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GPIs would be guided by Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensors (HBTSS).<sup id="cite_ref-hbtss_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hbtss-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-opirFunding_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opirFunding-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These GPI interceptors could first be offered to the Navy for <a href="/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System" title="Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System">Aegis</a> to intercept using the <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense#Command_and_control,_battle_management,_and_communications_(C2BMC)" title="Missile defense">C2BMC</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3gpiContractors_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3gpiContractors-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later to the Army for <a href="/wiki/THAAD" class="mw-redirect" title="THAAD">THAAD</a> to intercept using <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense#IBCS" title="Missile defense">IBCS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mdaHbtss_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mdaHbtss-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpiDownselect_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpiDownselect-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2024, a first test of the hypersonic tracking sensors was imminent.<sup id="cite_ref-gpiTesting_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpiTesting-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terminal_phase_defense">Terminal phase defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Terminal phase defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In use: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense" title="Terminal High Altitude Area Defense">Terminal High Altitude Area Defense</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command#GPI" title="United States Army Futures Command">THAAD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot" title="MIM-104 Patriot">PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrow (Israeli missile)">Arrow missile</a>, a joint effort between the U.S. and Israel</li></ul> <p>Research and development: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medium_Extended_Air_Defense_System" title="Medium Extended Air Defense System">Medium Extended Air Defense System</a> (MEADS), co-developmental program of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_directors">List of directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Agency&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: List of directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Director </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th> <th rowspan="2">Service branch </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James A. Abrahamson"><img alt="James A. Abrahamson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg/100px-James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg/150px-James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg/200px-James_Alan_Abrahamson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2341" data-file-height="3001" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Abrahamson, James Alan</span><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_A._Abrahamson" title="James A. Abrahamson">James A. Abrahamson</a></b><br /><small>(born 1933)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">March 27, 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 31, 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003177100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 310 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George L. Monahan Jr."><img alt="George L. Monahan Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_Lieutenant_General_George_L._Monahan_Jr._%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2442" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Monahan, George Lennox Jr.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_L._Monahan_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George L. Monahan Jr. (page does not exist)">George L. Monahan Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(born 1933)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">February 1, 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 30, 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002514000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 149 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_DoD_Ambassador_Henry_F._Cooper,_Director,_Strategic_Defense_Initiative_Organization._(U.S_Army_photo_by_Mr._Russell_F._Roederer)_(Released)_(PC-191721).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry F. Cooper"><img alt="Henry F. Cooper" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Portrait_of_DoD_Ambassador_Henry_F._Cooper%2C_Director%2C_Strategic_Defense_Initiative_Organization._%28U.S_Army_photo_by_Mr._Russell_F._Roederer%29_%28Released%29_%28PC-191721%29.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Portrait_of_DoD_Ambassador_Henry_F._Cooper%2C_Director%2C_Strategic_Defense_Initiative_Organization._%28U.S_Army_photo_by_Mr._Russell_F._Roederer%29_%28Released%29_%28PC-191721%29.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Portrait_of_DoD_Ambassador_Henry_F._Cooper%2C_Director%2C_Strategic_Defense_Initiative_Organization._%28U.S_Army_photo_by_Mr._Russell_F._Roederer%29_%28Released%29_%28PC-191721%29.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cooper, Henry F.</span><a href="/wiki/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States" title="Ambassadors of the United States">Ambassador</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_F._Cooper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry F. Cooper (page does not exist)">Henry F. Cooper</a></b><br /><small>(born 1936)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 10, 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 20, 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002925000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 194 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg/100px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg/150px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg/200px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Foreign_Service_Officer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">U.S. Foreign<br />Service</a></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Malcolm R. O'Neill"><img alt="Malcolm R. O'Neill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_U.S._Army_Lt._Gen._Malcolm_R._O%27Neill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2382" data-file-height="2999" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">O'Neill, Malcolm Ross</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ross_O%27Neill" title="Malcolm Ross O'Neill">Malcolm R. O'Neill</a></b><br /><small>(born 1940)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 22, 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1, 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002983000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 253 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lester L. Lyles"><img alt="Lester L. Lyles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg/100px-Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg/200px-Lt_Gen_Lester_L._Lyles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="337" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lyles, Lester L.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Lester_L._Lyles" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester L. Lyles">Lester L. Lyles</a></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1, 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 28, 1999</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003103000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 300 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Kadish.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ronald T. Kadish"><img alt="Ronald T. Kadish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/100px-Ron_Kadish.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/150px-Ron_Kadish.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/200px-Ron_Kadish.JPG 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kadish, Ronald T.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ronald_T._Kadish" title="Ronald T. Kadish">Ronald T. Kadish</a></b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 14, 1999</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 2, 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002933000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 202 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Director, Missile Defense Agency </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Kadish.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ronald T. Kadish"><img alt="Ronald T. Kadish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/100px-Ron_Kadish.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/150px-Ron_Kadish.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ron_Kadish.JPG/200px-Ron_Kadish.JPG 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kadish, Ronald T.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ronald_T._Kadish" title="Ronald T. Kadish">Ronald T. Kadish</a></b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 2, 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 2, 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002912000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 182 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry A. Obering III"><img alt="Henry A. Obering III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg/100px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg/150px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg/200px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_040827-F-0000X-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Obering, Henry Anthony III</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Obering" title="Henry Obering">Henry A. Obering III</a></b><br /><small>(born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1954</span>)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 2, 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 21, 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003160300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 142 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Patrick J. O'Reilly"><img alt="Patrick J. O'Reilly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg/100px-Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg/200px-Lt._Gen._Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">O'Reilly, Patrick J.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_J._O%27Reilly_(general)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patrick J. O'Reilly (general) (page does not exist)">Patrick J. O'Reilly</a></b><br /><small>(born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1959</span>)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 21, 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 19, 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James D. Syring"><img alt="James D. Syring" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg/100px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg/150px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg/200px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JAMES_D._SYRING.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Syring, James D.</span><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">Vice Admiral</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_D._Syring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James D. Syring (page does not exist)">James D. Syring</a></b><br /><small>(born 1963)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 19, 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 16, 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003167000000000000♠"></span>4 years, 209 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/113px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/150px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel A. Greaves"><img alt="Samuel A. Greaves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG/100px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG/150px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG/200px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_SAMUEL_A._GREAVES.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="6029" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Greaves, Samuel A.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Greaves" title="Samuel Greaves">Samuel A. Greaves</a></b><br /><small>(born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1963</span>)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 26, 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 31, 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 339 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jon A. Hill"><img alt="Jon A. Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Jon_A._Hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2881" data-file-height="3601" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hill, Jon Anthony</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_A._Hill" title="Jon A. Hill">Jon A. Hill</a></b><br /><small>(born 1963)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 31, 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 31, 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003152200000000000♠"></span>4 years, 61 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/113px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/150px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_L._Williams_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Douglas L. Williams"><img alt="Douglas L. Williams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg/100px-Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg/150px-Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg/200px-Douglas_L._Williams_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="411" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Williams, Douglas L.</span>Rear Admiral (lower half)<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_L._Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas L. Williams (page does not exist)">Douglas L. Williams</a></b><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">August 1, 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">December 5, 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002126000000000000♠"></span>126 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/113px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/150px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heath A. Collins"><img alt="Heath A. Collins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg/100px-Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg/200px-Lt_Gen_Heath_A._Collins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3549" data-file-height="4583" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Collins, Heath</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Heath_Collins" title="Heath Collins">Heath A. Collins</a></b><br /><small>(born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1971</span>)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">December 5, 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002353000000000000♠"></span>353 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, 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(23 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/04/23/hypersonic_weapons__a_threat_to_national_security_114358.html">"Hypersonic Weapons – A Threat to National Security"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hypersonic+Weapons+%E2%80%93+A+Threat+to+National+Security&rft.date=2019-04-23&rft.aulast=Dolan&rft.aufirst=John+L.&rft.au=Gallagher%2C+Richard+K.&rft.au=Mann%2C+David+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.realcleardefense.com%2Farticles%2F2019%2F04%2F23%2Fhypersonic_weapons__a_threat_to_national_security_114358.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsborn2019" class="citation web cs1">Osborn, Kris (16 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/air/pentagon-advances-new-technology-to-destroy-hypersonic-missile-attacks-oKccmcWHpkqQhBTN-RLtJg/">"Pentagon Advances New Technology to Destroy Hypersonic Missile Attacks"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pentagon+Advances+New+Technology+to+Destroy+Hypersonic+Missile+Attacks&rft.date=2019-12-16&rft.aulast=Osborn&rft.aufirst=Kris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdefensemaven.io%2Fwarriormaven%2Fair%2Fpentagon-advances-new-technology-to-destroy-hypersonic-missile-attacks-oKccmcWHpkqQhBTN-RLtJg%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> HBTSS will "establish a continuous 'track' on approaching hypersonic missiles"</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarlowe2020" class="citation web cs1">Marlowe, Melanie (8 April 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2020/04/08/three-obstacles-are-slowing-space-sensors-for-hypersonic-threats/">"Three obstacles are slowing space sensors for hypersonic threats"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Three+obstacles+are+slowing+space+sensors+for+hypersonic+threats&rft.date=2020-04-08&rft.aulast=Marlowe&rft.aufirst=Melanie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c4isrnet.com%2Fspace%2F2020%2F04%2F08%2Fthree-obstacles-are-slowing-space-sensors-for-hypersonic-threats%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> Continuous tracking is needed to maintain custody of a hypersonic threat before its disposition.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrennan2021" class="citation web cs1">Brennan, David (27 Jan 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-orders-hypersonic-missile-trackers-russia-china-arms-race-1564754">"Pentagon Orders Hypersonic Missile Trackers Amid Russia, China Arms Race"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=Pentagon+Orders+Hypersonic+Missile+Trackers+Amid+Russia%2C+China+Arms+Race&rft.date=2021-01-27&rft.aulast=Brennan&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fpentagon-orders-hypersonic-missile-trackers-russia-china-arms-race-1564754&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> HBTSS awards to L3Harris; Northrup Grumman</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-opirFunding-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-opirFunding_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHitchens2020" class="citation web cs1">Hitchens, Theresa (24 February 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/2021-budget-will-finally-fully-fund-next-gen-opir-says-roper/">"2021 Budget Will Finally Fully Fund Next-Gen OPIR, Says Roper"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2021+Budget+Will+Finally+Fully+Fund+Next-Gen+OPIR%2C+Says+Roper&rft.date=2020-02-24&rft.aulast=Hitchens&rft.aufirst=Theresa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbreakingdefense.com%2F2020%2F02%2F2021-budget-will-finally-fully-fund-next-gen-opir-says-roper%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> <a href="/wiki/Space-Based_Infrared_System" title="Space-Based Infrared System">Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)</a> replacement: three satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) and two satellites in a polar orbit</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3gpiContractors-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3gpiContractors_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJudson2021" class="citation web cs1">Judson, Jen (20 Nov 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2021/11/20/heres-the-three-companies-selected-to-design-hypersonic-missile-interceptors-for-mda/">"Here are the three companies selected to design hypersonic missile interceptors for MDA"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Here+are+the+three+companies+selected+to+design+hypersonic+missile+interceptors+for+MDA&rft.date=2021-11-20&rft.aulast=Judson&rft.aufirst=Jen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensenews.com%2Fpentagon%2F2021%2F11%2F20%2Fheres-the-three-companies-selected-to-design-hypersonic-missile-interceptors-for-mda%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gpiDownselect-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gpiDownselect_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHitchens2021" class="citation web cs1">Hitchens, Theresa (12 Aug 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2021/08/next-budget-will-limit-glide-phase-interceptor-contractors-mda-head/">"Next Budget Will Limit Glide Phase Interceptor Contractors: MDA Head"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Next+Budget+Will+Limit+Glide+Phase+Interceptor+Contractors%3A+MDA+Head&rft.date=2021-08-12&rft.aulast=Hitchens&rft.aufirst=Theresa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbreakingdefense.com%2F2021%2F08%2Fnext-budget-will-limit-glide-phase-interceptor-contractors-mda-head%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissile+Defense+Agency" class="Z3988"></span> 2028 target date is being accelerated. 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