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Cruise Missile Defenses Pursued

May 10, 2004 :: Global Security Newswire :: News

Global Security Newswire reports that the Army is planning to develop new cruise missile defenses by 2008 or 2010, in response to increased proliferation and technology available for such threats.

The technology and requirements to defend against cruise missiles, which actually “fly” in the atmosphere, is quite different from that required against ballistic missiles. Whereas cruise missiles are powered throughout their flight, ballistic missiles have only a short boost-phase designed to gain altitude and speed, followed by extended periods of inertia while the missile is traveling through space before returning to earth again in its terminal phase. Cruise missiles are largely “air-breathing” in their propulsion, must overcome the greater resistance of the atmosphere at low altitudes, and thus have a much shorter range than ballistic missiles. (Article)

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