 | A cutaway view of launch tube and interceptor missile of the Russian S-300 air and missile defense system. |
 | SBIRS low, a satellite used to track the launch of ballistic missiles around the world by the heat signatures emitted by their engines. |
 | The SBIRS infrared tracking system, to detect the launch of ballistic missiles from orbit. |
 | An artist’s conception of the Sea-Based X-band radar, to be deployed in the Pacific and integrated into a national missile defense system. |
 | Image of the SM-3 target missile, as seen from Aegis interceptor moments before destroying the target, during the January 25, 2002 test of the sea-based defense system. |
 | One of the silos for the Ground Based Missile Defense (GBD) system, being delivered to Fort Greely, Alaska, where some 16 or more interceptors will be based. |
 | The first moments of the launch of a standard missile (SM-3) target to be intercepted by an Aegis defense system. |
 | Launch of a standard missile (SM-3), for the purpose of being targeted and destroyed by an Aegis missile defense interceptor. |
 | Launch of target for flight test, on November 21, 2002. |
 | Target prior to launch, for a test intercept by the ground-based missile defense system, of December 3, 2001. |
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May 17, 2008
Defensive Missile Pictures (1)
