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

... funding should be significantly increased, and certain measures to improve the survivability of the SNF should be taken. Is air defense needed in East Asia? The U.S. global missile defense architecture is gradually built around nodal components, some ... ... California and the Aleutian Islands, while mobile radars on floating platforms are deployed in the Marshall Islands and bases in Japan. Since 2004, the United States has deployed 44 GBI (ground-based interceptor) missiles at Fort Greely (Alaska) and Vandenberg ...