Strategic enterprise establishes missile defense plan

April 4, 2019

The Redstone Rocket:

In response to increasingly complex threats, the Army is charting a clear path forward to provide flexible, agile and integrated air and missile defense forces capable of deploying, fighting and winning against any adversary.

To communicate how the Air and Missile Defense enterprise is postured to synchronize efforts to execute multi-domain operations, defend the homeland and succeed in future operational environments, the Army has published the Army Air and Missile Defense 2028. This document, developed by the Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, is informed by the National Defense and National Military Strategies, and nest with the Missile Defense Review, the Army Strategy, the Army in Multi-Domain Operations 2028, and the Army Modernization Strategy.

Army Air and Missile Defense 2028 provides the Army’s overarching vision for the AMD force, describes how the AMD force is postured to support the Army and joint forces, and articulates what must be accomplished to achieve the 2028 desired end state of preventing and defeating adversary air and missile attacks through a combination of deterrence, active and passive defense, and support to attack operations.

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