Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base Environmental Assessment

Abstract

Within the Department of Defense, the MDA is responsible for developing, testing, and deploying the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Ballistic Missile Defense System is designed to intercept threat missiles during all phases of their flight: boost, midcourse, and terminal. The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is a component of the midcourse defense, during which the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) intercept and destroy long-range missiles during the ballistic (midcourse) phase of their flight before their reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, on behalf of MDA, has conducted an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the potential environmental consequences of establishing the capability to launch defensive GBis from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California, in support of the President's direction to the Department of Defense to field a set of initial missile defense capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 28, 2003
Accession Number
ADA638813

Entities

People

  • Amy Fenton-mceniry
  • Brittnea Horton
  • Chad M. Cole
  • David Hasley
  • Edd V. Joy
  • Jonathan Henson
  • Mark Hubbs
  • Rachel Y. Jordan
  • Vanessa M. Turner
  • Whitney Hedges

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Protection
  • Eutrophication
  • Fish
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Medical Personnel
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites