The worldwide threat to the security of the United States (U.S.) by hostile nations and terrorist organizations poses significant danger to both civilian populations and the U.S. Armed Forces. The Department of Defense (DoD) is especially concerned with the threat posed by cruise missiles. Cruise missiles typically fly at low altitudes with long range flight patterns which make them difficult to detect until at extremely close range. The highly accurate command and control guidance packages of cruise missiles make deployed personnel and assets extremely vulnerable to attack. The current capability of the U.S. Armed Forces to detect land attack cruise missiles (LACM) is limited by terrain and position. This capability diminishes as the LACM threat moves inland because theater commanders lose assistance from naval ships positioned along coastal areas. The DoD and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have selected the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) as a cost-effective, aerial technology solution for defense against LACMs and directed the U.S. Army to function as the lead service in its development.
Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) Land-Based Testing Sites
2007
75 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Antimissile Defense Systems , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Environmental Health & Safety , Antimissile defense systems , Army facilities , Environmental assessment , Air space , American indians , Cruise missiles , Cultural resources , Detectors , Hazardous materials , Hazardous wastes , Land areas , Land use , Noise , Ranges(facilities) , Sites , Solid wastes , Transportation , Water resources , Jlens(joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated netted sensor system) , Air resources , Alternatives , Biological resources , Environmental justice , Fire management , Fonsi(finding of no significant impact) , Land-based testing sites , Range management , Socioeconomics , Visual resources
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