SMDC/ARSTRAT photo gallery

100th Missile Defense Brigade
FTG-05-097 Det 1 - Vandenberg AFB
Launch
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
 
Launch
A test launch of a Ground-based Interceptor, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch
A test launch of a Ground-based Interceptor, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Soldier
– A military Police Officer on patrol at the Missile Defense Complex, Fort Greely. AK
Launch
A test launch of a Ground-based Interceptor, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
 
Intercept
A thermal image of a successful intercept by an Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV). The EKV rides on the Ground-based Interceptor and collides with an intercontinental ballistic missile causing a “kill” using kinetic energy.
Ground-based Interceptor
A Ground-based Interceptor about to be emplaced in a silo, Fort Greely, AK
Soldier
A Military Police Officer searching a vehicle, Fort Greely, AK
A Military Police Officer
A Military Police Officer scans for threats while patrolling the Missile Defense Complex, Fort Greely, AK
A close up of a Weapons Operator, Fort Greely, AK
A close up of a Weapons Operator, Fort Greely, AK
Soldiers manning the GMD operating system, Fort Greely, AK
14 series Soldiers manning the Ground-based Midcourse Defense operating system, Fort Greely, AK
 

 

Mission, Vision & Goal

Mission
USASMDC/ARSTRAT conducts space and missile defense operations and provides planning, integration, control and coordination of Army forces and capabilities in support of U.S. Strategic Command missions (strategic deterrence, integrated missile defense, and space operations); serves as the Army force modernization proponent for space, high altitude and global missile defense; serves as the Army operational integrator for global missile defense; and conducts mission-related research and development in support of Army Title 10 responsibilities.

Vision
USASMDC/ARSTRAT – a diverse, complex, and global command that provides critical capabilities to our Army, USSTRATCOM, COCOMs/ASCCs; in synch with JFCC-IMD  Read More...

Command Goal
To provide dominant space and missile defense capabilities for the Army and to plan for and integrate those capabilities in support of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC) missions.

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Events & Conferences

August 13-16
15th Space and Missile Defense Conference

July 30-August 2
Army Space Cadre Symposium

July 30-August 2
National Fire Control Symposium

October 22-24
AUSA Annual Meeting and Expo