Need for SBL System

• Ballistic missile threat growth:

  • Global
    • Range, number of producers, number of nations with capability
  • More lethal/less vulnerable
    • Warheads using weapons of mass destruction (WMD), accuracy, hardness of missiles, shorter burn times

• Need quick response, anywhere & anytime:

  • Boost Phase Intercept (BPI)
  • Global, survivable, continuous, near-instantaneous

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