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The Army’s senior air defender and commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command talked air and missile defense during the 2022 Air Defense Artillery Symposium.

Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, USASMDC commanding general, addressed the symposium at the U.S. Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Sept. 27, where this year’s theme is “ADA for Army 2030 – Enabling the Maneuver Commander.” The theme originates from Air Defense’s significant growth and modernization efforts to provide additional capability and capacity to the operational force.

“Everything we have to talk about has to start with a threat,” Karbler said. “Every theater where we have air and missile defense forces – deployed, forward-stationed or even here in the homeland – we face significant threats. From quad-copters to (intercontinental ballistic missiles); from low, slow unmanned aircraft systems to hypersonic missiles; from targeting individual combat vehicles to targeting strategic geopolitical assets or major U.S. population centers, we see the normalizing of the adversary’s use in testing ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles, rotary-wing, fixed-wing and UASs.”

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