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 ... ... estimated by the US Naval Institute (USNI), the total number of SM-3 interceptors of different versions is 265 with more than a thousand SM-6 interceptors for destroying targets in the atmosphere at a distance of up to 370 km. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet alone,...