The High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor (HEDI) is one of the many technologies being considered in the SDI technology research program and has the potential to support the requirements for the strategic defense system. The purpose of this Environmental Assessment (EA) is to analyze the environmental consequences of testing activities for the HEDI technology test program in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The HEDI is a technology that would employ ground-based missiles to intercept and destroy hostile submarine-launched ballistic missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles during that portion of flight that puts the target in the high endoatmosphere (the terminal portion of an attacking missile trajectory). The HEDI vehicle would consist of a two-stage launch vehicle (booster) and kill vehicle with a conventional warhead. The basic thrust of the efforts already accomplished has been to assess the operational utility of HEDI in the context of a complete strategic defense system.
High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor (HEDI) Technology Testing Program Environmental Assessment
1989
231 pages
Report
No indication
English
Environmental Pollution & Control , Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics , Interceptors , Antimissile defense systems , Booster rocket engines , Endoatmosphere , Enemy , Guided missile trajectories , Guided missiles , Interception , Kill mechanisms , Launch vehicles , Long range(Distance) , Military strategy , Staging , Strategic defense initiative , Submarine launched , Surface launched , Test and evaluation , Guided missile warheads , HEDI(High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptors) , Environmental surveys
Unsteady Flowfield over a Forward-Looking Endoatmospheric Hit-to-Kill Interceptor
Online Contents | 1995
|