Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

As part of its effort to develop an integrated global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified or is modifying several Navy Aegis cruisers and many Navy Aegis destroyers for BMD operations. DOD has also deployed a large BMD radar - the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)?on a modified floating oil platform. The proposed FY2010 defense budget requests a total of $1,859.5 million for the Aegis BMD program, including $1,690.8 million in research and development funding for the program and $168.7 million in procurement funds for the SM-3 interceptor missile. The proposed FY2010 budget would fund, among other things, the installation of BMD capability on six Aegis ships, which would increase the total number of Aegis BMD ships to 27. The proposed FY2010 budget also requests $174.6 million for continued operations of the SBX.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 13, 2009
Accession Number
ADA511407

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Defense Systems
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Geography
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Rockets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss Hopper
  • Uss Paul Hamilton
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Missile Defense Systems.