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Glen VanHerck, who leads U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/04\/05\/us-northcom-again-asks-for-homeland-cruise-missile-defense-funding-in-wish-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">asked Congress to fund a homeland cruise missile defense demonstration<\/a>. Asked Monday whether he envisions the Aegis ballistic missile defense system \u2015 which targets missiles with sea-based interceptor missiles \u2015 as the method for the test, VanHerck said not necessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I want to let the industry, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2022\/03\/29\/missile-defense-agency-seeks-96-billion-in-fy23-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Defense Agency<\/a> and the services do is let their minds run wild on capabilities to accomplish this mission,\u201d VanHerck said at a Defense Writers Group event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are multiple ways beyond the kinetic endgame defeat of this that we could potentially be successful in cruise missile defense. And that could be through the use of the electromagnetic spectrum and other non-kinetic means to be able to do something beyond point defense in more of a wide-area defense or a limited-area defense,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VanHerck was not specific, but the Missile Defense Agency has explored using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2018\/08\/14\/space-based-laser-weapons-could-ultimately-take-out-missile-threats-in-boost-phase\/\">space-based lasers to intercept ballistic missiles<\/a>, and the Navy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/navy-league\/2021\/08\/02\/electronic-attack-system-to-provide-navy-more-capabilities-flexible-options\/\" target=\"_blank\">exploring<\/a> a non-kinetic, electronic attack capability against incoming missiles and any other threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments come as VanHerck and other Pentagon officials warned that cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds, presenting a more complex and deadly threat. VanHerck said Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can launch from the air, land or sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of these things concern me dramatically,\u201d he said. \u201cMy focus is not on endgame kinetic defeat of all those potential threats. It\u2019s really about deterring in the first place and campaigning to ensure that anybody that would have nefarious activity on their mind would never believe that they can be successful with a strike on our homeland with a cruise missile or any other missile or threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to NORTHCOM\u2019s requirements for cruise missile defense of the homeland, the Missile Defense Agency is developing a glide-phase intercept capability for future demonstration, leveraging existing missile defense systems. Its fiscal 2023 request includes $11 million toward a homeland cruise missile defense demonstration using the joint tactical integrated fire control capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NORTHCOM asked Congress for nearly $51 million for that same \u201ccruise missile defense homeland kill chain demonstration,\u201d which the administration excluded from its FY23 budget request. That would buy an unspecified \u201celevated sensor\u201d and integrate it into a joint fire control network for a Navy long-range surface-to-air interceptor. There would be three one-week exercises, with a live-fire test, for data collection and data evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, VanHerck said the test could involve a Navy cruiser or destroyer, but he stressed he was not asking for those specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VanHerck tied the missing test funds to the Pentagon\u2019s lack of a single acquisition authority responsible for defense of the homeland from cruise missile threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified on Capitol Hill that the administration would designate an official in order to comply with a direction from 2017 defense policy law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VanHerck said he was \u201cpushing hard\u201d to accomplish it and discussed the matter recently with Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Adm. 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