U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

... Pentagon’s desire to create a broad regional missile defense infrastructure in Asia Pacific to meet the country’s unique nuclear deterrence needs [ 5 ]. Notably, no country of East Asia, in whole or in part, has ever expressed its intentions to unprovokedly ... ... the protected target. The highest density of missile defense can be provided by sea-based systems on warships with the Aegis BMDS. The characteristics of the latest modifications of the SM-3 Block IIa interceptors provide the capability of destroying ...