U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency website
• US Dept of DefenseThe Missile Defense Agency
(MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the
Department of Defense. Our workforce includes government civilians,
military service members, and contractor personnel in multiple
locations across the United States. We are focused on retaining and
recruiting a dedicated workforce interested in supporting our national
security.
As we develop, test, and field an integrated
Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the MDA works closely with the
Combatant Commanders (e.g. Pacific Command, Northern Command, etc.) who
will rely on the system to protect the United States, our forward
deployed forces, and our friends and allies from hostile ballistic
missile attack. We work with the Combatant Commanders to ensure that we
develop a robust BMDS technology and development program to address the
challenges of an evolving threat. We are also steadily increasing our
international cooperation by supporting mutual security interests in
missile defense.
1 Comments in Response to U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency website
The U.S. integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System is not affective at stopping a large numbers of missiles entering the U.S. which would be the case if launched by a major power. Small nations that support terrorism are a greater concern: Iran for example knows if they fire a nuclear missile at any country, they will be retaliated against. The greater Iran nuclear threat is small nukes Iran can covertly provide foreign and domestic terrorists in America, Britain and Israel, e.g. to al Qaeda. Because small nukes have a limited scope of damage compared to big nukes, it is foreseeable Terrorists in the United States and other western countries might in intervals explode small nukes to destroy their economy and to terrorize Governments and their Citizens with the indefinite prospect of more nuke attacks. Iran would of course, deny having provided terrorists nukes: It is foreseeable fearful Americans would stop investing, stop buying products except needed to live and the stock market would plummet causing huge unemployment.