{"id":19413,"date":"2019-03-27T20:27:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/27\/army-debuts-new-missile-defense-strategy-to-address-emerging-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:15:45","slug":"army-debuts-new-missile-defense-strategy-to-address-emerging-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2019\/03\/27\/army-debuts-new-missile-defense-strategy-to-address-emerging-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Army debuts missile defense framework in move to counter drones, hypersonic threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. \u2014 The U.S. Army released its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/16\/updated-army-missile-defense-strategy-in-works-to-address-peer-threats\/\" target=_blank>air and missile defense <\/a>framework March 27 that aims to pursue multimission units and counter emerging threats like drones and hypersonic missiles, the Army\u2019s Space and Missile Defense Command chief told Defense News in an interview just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s Global Force Symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. James Dickinson said the strategy will chart the course for future air and missile defense forces by using capabilities already fielded and currently under development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key tenets of the new strategy, which has been in the works for several years, are meant to ensure AMD forces can protect maneuvering ground forces and defend critical assets in theater and other areas of operation. The AMD force is intended to help \u201ccreate windows of superiority\u201d in the air so that the joint force can gain access and exploit terrain, according to a summary of the strategy obtained by Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy is built around an AMD force that aligns with the Army\u2019s wider goal to have a fully modernized force executing multidomain operations by 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/01\/26\/is-the-army-ready-to-transform-its-missile-defense-force\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/himars_day3.jpg_a068a2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is the Army ready to transform its missile defense force?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">From wargaming and dummy launchers to &#039;layered defense in a box,&#039; the air and missile defense force will need to adopt new approaches to handle increasingly sophisticated threats.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy pursues four major efforts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Develop the right materiel solutions for AMD,<\/li><li>Build the right force structure to fight in multidomain operations,<\/li><li>Provide ready and trained AMD forces,<\/li><li>Build capacity to maintain forward presence with allies and partners.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AMD strategy cites several modernization efforts as already underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy also sets up the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense sensor as the replacement for the current Patriot AMD radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will remain committed to the Indirect Fire Protection Capability, or IFPC, that will provide defense against rockets, artillery and mortars as well as against cruise missiles and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also part of the layered defense is the Army\u2019s Maneuver\u2014Short Range Air Defense, or M-SHORAD, system that the service rapidly developed in response to an urgent capability gap in the European theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linking together all of the various defense systems will lead to the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, which will serve as the brains of the missile defense systems and tie them together on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy also continues the pursuit of directed-energy systems for defense to include a Stryker-mounted laser to protect the maneuver force against rocket, artillery, mortar and drone threats \u2014 with a predicted initial operational capability in 2024 \u2014 and a larger laser mounted on an Army Common Tactical Vehicle as part of the IFPC capability expected to be fielded in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army intends to design its future AMD forces as multimission battalions that can mix capabilities and be tailored to the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder the current construct you have pure Patriot battalions and [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] THAAD batteries, and we\u2019ve done this in the past, really this mixing of capabilities and formations, that isn\u2019t necessarily new but we absolutely have to do it and do more of it in the future, so the multimission air and missile defense battalions will have a mix of capabilities,\u201d Dickinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service will also create new M-SHORAD battalions. The first battalion will be fielded in 2021, and three more battalions by fiscal 2023. The desired end state is to form 18 battalions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army last composed an AMD strategy in 2012, according to Dickinson. Then in 2015 it provided a one-page update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot has changed in the past four years of importance,\u201d Dickinson said. \u201cThe operating environment has changed. We have an environment that is characterized by increasingly complex threat, increased operational tempo and great power competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat has also rapidly matured from what was previously expected, he added. 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