Deterrence: The first phase system should be comprised of ground and space-based sensors and interceptor systems.
It takes about two years to order and take delivery of a new interceptor.
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The Pentagon is also examining a location for a third U.S. site for interceptor missiles.
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The 2007 Ford Interceptor concept was a modern interpretation of an All-American rear-wheel-drive muscle car.
At present, a relatively inexpensive yet highly effective space-based interceptor known as Brilliant Pebbles is within reach.
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Israel's defence ministry says it has carried out a successful test of its new missile interceptor system.
Russia objects to interceptor missiles being sited in Poland, arguing that they could be used against it.
He explained that telephone interceptor evidence is the only type that can not be used in court.
Inversely, if the sea based interceptor misses, you could still have a satellite, airborne, and ground based capability.
The Aspin reprogramming would also disrupt the alternative for defending the continental United States: the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) program.
So Mr Martin said that he still expects to be consulted before any American interceptor missile is fired over Canada.
During a test, the interceptor operators knew where the missile was being launched from and when it was being launched.
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The Aegis system is integrated and managed by Lockheed Martin, relying on a variety of interceptor missiles manufactured by Raytheon.
The Bush administration deployed the first ground-based interceptor (GBI) in 2004, and had planned to deploy a total of 54.
Japan is also investing heavily in Aegis-equipped warships capable of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles as well as land-based Patriot interceptor systems.
The Pentagon is also examining a location for a third U.S. site for interceptor missiles to augment the sites in Alaska and California.
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An interceptor missile launched over the Pacific Ocean, designed to destroy a dummy warhead, failed to separate from its booster rocket early Saturday.
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That proposed phase includes development of the SM-3II B interceptor, an advanced version of the missile currently provided aboard our Aegis missile defense warships.
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Secretary Hagel said the first three phases would be fully implemented, but the fourth (deployment of a large interceptor warhead) would not go forward.
He has now also delayed funding for ground-based interceptor and radar sites in Poland and the Czech Republic for defense against Iranian missile launchers.
First, the Obama administration announced that it was canceling plans to build missile defense installations and deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Pentagon officials promised to press forward with plans for more tests of the system after an interceptor missile hit a dummy warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday.
An official said it was "the first time the interceptor with all of its equipment took off and flew, achieved the velocities, and did the manoeuvres in space".
Indeed, the fact that one such interceptor, the SH-08, has previously been associated with the mobile ABM-X-3 system heightens concerns about the likelihood of a rapid and widespread deployment.
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Russia's offer of the use of its radar in Azerbaijan, for example, came with a string attached -- that the United States forgo building an interceptor site in Europe.
The U.S. plan is to place in Poland a small number of interceptor missiles -- starting with 10 -- that could stop ballistic missiles launched by Iran or other countries.
Warsaw's response has been to draw closer to the United States, by rapidly concluding an agreement in long drawn-out negotiations over the basing of U.S. interceptor missiles on Polish soil.
So, for example, having an operational Airborne Laser system and a ground based system give the sea based interceptor more timely and accurate information with which to do its job.
Its Arrow 2 interceptor missile (developed with Boeing) will soon be joined by the Arrow 3 to form part of a four-tier territorial and theatre defence against every kind of rocket attack.
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