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WHAT THREATS ARE PROMPTING AN INCREASED PRIORITY FOR IAMD IN THE US?

The future IAMD environment will be characterised by a full spectrum of air and missile
threats – ballis=c missiles (such as those of China and North Korea illustrated below), air-
breathing threats (cruise missiles, aircraR, Unmanned AircraR Systems), long-range rockets,
ar=llery and mortars, u=lising a range of advanced capabili=es such as stealth, electronic
aNack, manoeuvring re-entry vehicles, decoys, and advanced terminal seekers with precision
targe=ng. These threats will con=nue to evolve, increasing the stress on all areas of defences
and expanding the scope of IAMD opera=ons. 5

Graphics courtesy of the CSIS
Missile Defense Project

Never has the United States faced a more complex or comprehensive global
challenge in this area, and the forecast for 2020 and beyond is no more optimistic
… a dire and growing air and missile threat to the United States and its interests
around the world. Success in negating it will take no less than a bold, holistic
reimagining of America’s IAMD. 5

5 Geoffrey F. Weiss, Seeing 2020: America’s New Vision for Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Joint Force
Quarterly 76, 30 Dec 14.

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