The Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (JFCC-IMD) was established in January 2005. Its primary mission is to conduct functions for global missile defense to protect the United States, its deployed forces, friends, and allies from ballistic missile attacks. Because of the missile defense infrastructures available in Colorado Springs, Colorado, JFCC-IMD established its operations center at the Joint National Integration Center at Schriever Air Force Base. Both the Center and the base were specifically chosen to enable JFCC-IMD to leverage the plethora of developmental and test resources from the Missile Defense Agency, as well as to afford direct access to the Army's Ground-based Midcourse Integrated U.S. Navy Defense Missile Defense Element and U.S. Northern Command. By collocating at the Joint National Integration Center, JFCC-IMD is uniquely positioned to provide seamless collaboration between the warfighters and developers to operationalize ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) capabilities and to facilitate transition of dual-use and multimission capabilities to service various operations and development missions. This past year has seen operational achievement for integrated missile defense. JFCC-IMD, in partnership with the Missile Defense Agency and various geographic combatant commands (GCCs), activated limited defensive operations, a significant milestone for the integrated missile defense. The declaration of limited defensive operations was unprecedented in many ways; for the first time, the United States is protected from ballistic missile attacks.


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