Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Responsible for managing, directing, and executing a ballistic missile defense system.
www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/html/mdalink.html
Airborne Laser
High-energy chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) carried aboard a modified Boeing 747-400F freighter. Part of the Department of Defense's approach to defending against ballistic missiles.
www.airbornelaser.com
Ground Based Interceptor (GBI)
Profiles the weapon of the National Missile Defense (NMD) system. From the Federation of American Scientists.
www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/gbi.htm
Heritage Foundation: Missile Defense
News and articles on the topic of missile defense from The Heritage Foundation.
www.heritage.org/Research/MissileDefense/index.cfm
Boost-Phase Intercept
Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) is a concept in which a hostile Theater Ballistic Missile (TBM) is intercepted during its boost phase of flight. From the Federation of American Scientists.
www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/bpi.htm
George C. Marshall Institute: Missile Defense
Find the scientific and technological aspects underlying national missile defense, examined by the Marshall Institute.
www.marshall.org/subcategory.php?id=12