Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon Systems // Missiles/Rockets/Bombs // Anti-Ballistic

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system (formerly known as Sea-Based Midcourse Defense) is one-half of the Midcourse Defense Segment (MDS) of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). It was originally envisioned as the mid-phase exoatmospheric (upper-tier) interceptor in the National Missile Defense (NMD) system. As an element of the BMDS, Aegis BMD provides the capability for U.S. Navy surface combatants to defeat short- to intermediate range,...