National Missile Defense

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NMD
gptkbp:budget billions of dollars annually
gptkbp:component gptkb:Ground-based_Midcourse_Defense
Command and control systems
Early warning radars
Interceptor missiles
gptkbp:controversy effectiveness
cost
arms race concerns
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor arms control advocates
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Defense
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Missile Defense
gptkbp:initiallyProposed 1990s
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Greely,_Alaska
gptkb:Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base,_California
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Missile_Defense_Agency
gptkbp:predecessor Strategic Defense Initiative
gptkbp:purpose defend against ballistic missile attacks
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ballistic_Missile_Defense
gptkb:European_Phased_Adaptive_Approach
gptkb:THAAD
gptkb:Integrated_Air_and_Missile_Defense
gptkb:Patriot_missile_system
gptkb:Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System
Homeland defense
Iranian missile threat
Missile warning systems
North Korean missile threat
Space-based missile defense
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:target intercontinental ballistic missiles
long-range ballistic missiles
gptkbp:technology gptkb:exoatmospheric_kill_vehicle
radar tracking
satellite sensors
hit-to-kill interceptors
gptkbp:testedBy interceptor launches
simulated missile attacks
gptkbp:treatyImplication gptkb:Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
gptkbp:treatyWithdrawal 2002
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5