Top US military leader calls for BMDS space sensors
With the US eyeing ways to bolster its Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the head of Strategic Command said the time has come to send sensors into space that can track ballistic missiles in the mid-course phase.
At a 28 February army conference on air and missile defence, STRATCOM Commander USAF Gen John Hyten said his top priory for missile defence is improving sensors. But while the US military is building and fielding capabilities such as the Long Range Discrimination Radar in Alaska, a critical element of the equation is missing — the ability to detect from space.
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