In An Excerpt From Their Book, The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal: A History Of Weapons And Delivery Systems Since 1945 , To Be Published By The Naval Institute Press In July, The Authors Describe The Progression Of American Ballistic Missile Defense Systems.

Today the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force—under the aegis of the Missile Defense Agency—are involved in developing ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems and concepts. Ballistic missile defense, both theater and national, have high national priorities. And those concepts—the Army and Navy systems using interceptor missiles, and the Air Force system a laser weapon—all employ non-nuclear technologies.

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