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HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) – From creating high energy lasers to destroying ballistic missiles aimed at the United States, the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is working to keep our country safe and our troops equipped with the latest technology.
SMDC is headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, but provides operational forces all around the world both in space and missile defense. Their senior civilian leader provided a glimpse of some of their latest innovations and discussed how the demand for their work continues to grow.
James Johnson, USASMDC/ARSTRAT’s deputy to the commander, talked about their Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.
“If you watch the news, North Korea has been very active in ballistic missile testing, offensive capabilities. So our command operates the ground-based midcourse defense system which is in Colorado Springs, California and Alaska. Our soldiers that operate that system would defeat any ballistic missiles that would try to do harm to the United States. That’s foremost in our mission right now,” he explained.
