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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.
A-135 consists of the Don-2N battle management radar and two types of ABM missiles. It gets its data from the wider Russian early-warning radar network, that are sent to the command centre which then forwards tracking data to the Don-2N radar. [4] The Don-2N radar is a large battle-management phased array radar with 360° coverage.
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to defend against ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear , chemical , biological , or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory .
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.
The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile (ABM), armed with a W66 enhanced-radiation thermonuclear warhead used by the United States Army during 1975–76. It was designed to intercept incoming reentry vehicles (RV) after they had descended below an altitude of about 60 kilometres (37 mi), where the thickening air stripped away any decoys or radar reflectors and exposed the ...
Part I: History of ABM Development; Part II: Major Systems and Subsystems, Chapter 8: Perimeter Acquisition Radar; US Army Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (23 September 1959). Potential Contribution of Nike-Zeus to Defense of the U.S. Population and its Industrial Base, and the U.S. Retaliatory System (PDF) (Technical report)
Exoatmospheric ABM: Inertial navigation system Active radar homing: 2,000 km (1,200 mi) 80 km (50 mi) Mach 5+ Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg 2006 In service [73] Advanced Air Defence: Endoatmospheric ABM: 150 km (93 mi) 40 km (25 mi) Mach 4.5 Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg 2007 [74] Prithvi Defence Vehicle: Exoatmospheric ABM
System A used the Dunay-2 radar designed by V Sosulnikov at NII-37 (which later became NIIDAR), in addition to three homing radars and an RSV-PR ABM radar (NATO: Hen Nest). [4] [5] [6] The three homing radars (called RTN; NATO name Hen Egg) [5] [6]) were situated in an equilateral triangle with a length of 150 kilometres (93 mi). The system ...