A newly released vision by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency shows how an organization already burdened with the increasing sophistication of rogue-state ballistic missile threats intends to tackle the problem over the next decade of hypersonic glide vehicles and cruise missiles entering the arsenals of “Great Power” competitors such as Russia and China.

The vision, unveiled at the virtual Space and Missile Defense Symposium, shows the concept evolving over three generations until it reaches a fully realized, multilayered defensive system spanning elements from the ground, sea, air and space.

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