What does GMD stand for?

Ground-Based Missile Defense

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The test provided more validation of the Standard Missile-3, even as the Obama administration looks to use the system to replace larger, ground-based missile defense batteries initially proposed to protect European allies.

United States: Raytheon missile intercept successful in Hawaii test

The US military successfully shot down a short-range ballistic missile near Hawaii in a test of its ground-based missile defense system, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

In test, US intercepts short-range missile

The ground-based missile defense system now being built in Alaska and California also is hindered by its inability to discriminate, says former U.

Missile shield: sea-based missile defense scores hits, but will it ...

``This is a ground-based missile defense system that would deploy 20 to 100 interceptors to defend all 50 states from a missile launch from a country like Iran or North Korea, which are both developing long-range missiles,'' Lehner said.

UP IN THE SKY; `STAR WARS' TEST A BOOMING SUCCESS

Company's Long-Range, Silo-Launched Booster Completes Sixth Consecutive Successful Flight for the Ground-Based Missile Defense System -- DULLES, Va.

Orbital's OBV Rocket Successfully Launched for Missile Defense ...

Greely s isolated location in Alaska as well as its strategic location in the Pacific allows for maximum security and development of the country s only ground-based missile defense complex.

United States: Gates Proposes $1.4 Billion in Missile Defense Cuts

The biggest of the MDA programs, the ground-based missile defense systems, is readying For "initial defensive operations," he said.

Missile defense agency prepares for key flight tests in 2005

The SBIRS Low constellation of satellites will provide critical tracking information for ground-based missile defense systems.

TRW Satellite Engineer Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award