U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

... alleged deployment of missile weapons with an intermediate range of 3,500 to 5,500 km. In the opinion of some U.S. experts, funding should be significantly increased, and certain measures to improve the survivability of the SNF should be taken. Is air defense needed in East Asia? The U.S. global missile defense architecture is gradually built around nodal components, some of which cover East Asia. The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMWS) is based on radar systems and a satellite constellation. Within the Pacific ...