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Article: The future of air and missile defense...Medium extended air defense system

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March 1, 1999
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Introduction In 2010, the United States will protect deployed forces with the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). Roll-on/roll-off deployable from a C-130 aircraft, MEADS will provide airfields and deploying assets with 360-degree protection against the full spectrum of air and missile threats: short-range ballistic missiles, low-altitude cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, large-caliber rockets, and fixed- and rotary-winged manned platforms. Once MEADS is deployed, the theater strike force is under a continuous "blanket" of air and missile defense (AMD).

This protection is provided by a tailored MEADS task force consisting of the "right" mix of surveillance and fire control ...

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