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  2. Comparison of anti-ballistic missile systems - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of anti-ballistic missile systems. This is a table of the most widespread or notable anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems, intended in whole or part, to counter ballistic missiles. Since many systems have developed in stages or have many iterations or upgrades, only the most notable versions are described.

  3. Violet Friend - Wikipedia

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    Violet Friend was the Ministry of Supply rainbow code for an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed in the United Kingdom. The project began in 1954 with study contracts for an early warning radar system, which was followed by the February 1955 release of Air Staff Target 1135 (AST.1135) calling for a system to counter intermediate range ...

  4. Anti-ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological, or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory. The term "anti-ballistic missile" is a generic term for a system designed to intercept and destroy ...

  5. Missile defense systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States, Russia, India, France, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom, China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems.

  6. Sentinel program - Wikipedia

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    Sentinel program. Spartan missiles formed the backbone of the Sentinel system. This dual launch from Meck Island in the South Pacific successfully intercepted a reentry vehicle launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Sentinel was a proposed US Army anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed to provide a light layer of ...

  7. Safeguard Program - Wikipedia

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    The Safeguard Program was a U.S. Army anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed to protect the U.S. Air Force 's Minuteman ICBM silos from attack, thus preserving the US's nuclear deterrent fleet. It was intended primarily to protect against the very small Chinese ICBM fleet, limited Soviet attacks and various other limited-launch scenarios.

  8. Embassy of Zimbabwe, London - Wikipedia

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    It is located in Zimbabwe House, a Grade II* listed building at 429 Strand in central London. [2] It was previously a high commission and became an embassy after Zimbabwe's departure from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003 in protest of international criticism of Robert Mugabe 's regime's human rights record and its policies.

  9. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The STEM strand is under the Academic Track, which also includes other strands like ABM, HUMSS, and GAS. [56] [57] The purpose of the STEM strand is to educate students in the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, in an interdisciplinary and applied approach, and to give students advanced knowledge and application in the ...