The missiles of North Korea and Iran are simply vulnerable to US missile hegemony. This is the power of the United States.
On August 11, 2022, Lieutenant General Jon Hill, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, delivered a report on "Focusing on the Future" at the 25th Annual Meeting on Space and Missile Defense.
two "heavy" anti-missile deployment areas (land-based interceptor missiles) in the continental United States, 44 in total, 40 at Fort Greely, Alaska, and 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California;
- 38 ships equipped with various modifications of the Aegis combat system—RIM-156 Standard Block IV (SM-2) and RIM-174 Standard ERAM (SM-6) and Extraatmospheric Interception—RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3);
In the report, Jon Hill said that the current threat is evolving rapidly and becoming more complex and severe; The functions of the Missile Defense Agency are carried out from three levels: development, testing, delivery, deployment, and operational application. The current layered missile defense system focuses on three levels: homeland defense, regional defense, and self-defense.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Boeing a $5 billion contract for systems integration, testing, and readiness (SITR) work on its Land-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program; The GMD program is responsible for defending the U.S. homeland from the threat of intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles.
In addition, Jon Hill briefly described the "Ground-Based Midcourse Defense" system, the Joint Missile Defense Command (JFCC-IMD), the THAAD system, and Guam's defense, and played a video "20 Years of Homeland Missile Defense".
Finally, Jon Hill noted that the current Missile Defense Agency's first priority is homeland defense, the second priority is Guam defense, and the third priority is hypersonic defense.
Serial Number Project Name Application Amount Main content in FY2023
1 US$ 2.8 billion in mid-ground defence systems Maintain and improve the performance, reliability, availability and cyber security of mid-ground defence systems;
Upgrading homeland defense capabilities, including ground-based interceptor ground systems and phased position-based interceptor communications terminal kits;
Continued development of next-generation interceptors, using 2 industry teams to complete key design reviews
2 Aegis missile defense $1.6 billion Purchase of 47 S-31B missiles: Purchase of 10 S&32A missiles
developing, procuring and installing upgraded sensors on older ships;
Upgrade radar sensitivity for the Navy's newest destroyer
3 THAAD $422 million Software upgrades continued for seven systems deployed: replacement of ageing components, life extension of existing interceptors, procurement of the eighth THAAD system; Purchase of 3 THAAD interceptors
4 Guam Defense $539 million with the Navy and Army, continue to design and develop more
Land-based radar systems, procurement of weapons systems to initiate military construction and planning
