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Defense Travel System. The Defense Travel System ( DTS) is a software application used by the U.S. Department of Defense which allows defense travelers to manage their commercial travel in accordance with the government's Joint Travel Regulations. [1]
Surface-to-air missile. A surface-to-air missile ( SAM ), also known as a ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon ( SAGW ), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft system; in modern armed forces, missiles have replaced most other ...
160 km (max) The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the ...
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" ( NATO 's definition). [2] It includes surface based, subsurface ( submarine launched ), and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and ...
David's Sling Stunner missile launch during tests, 2015. David's Sling (Hebrew: קלע דוד, romanized: Kela David), also formerly known as Magic Wand (Hebrew: שרביט קסמים, romanized: Sharvit Ksamim), is an Israel Defense Forces military system jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the American defense contractor Raytheon, that ...
0 ft (Hit to kill) Transport. TEL. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach.
The S-300 ( NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the former Soviet Union. It was produced by NPO Almaz for the Soviet Air Defence Forces to defend against air raids and cruise missiles. The S-300 is still regarded as one of the most potent anti-aircraft missile systems in ...
The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The concept was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan, [1] a critic of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD), which he ...