Space and Missile Defense Command

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The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command is a specialized major command within the United States Department of the Army [1] (http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/agency/arsmdc.htm)(SMDC). The SMDC is an organization composed of five components:

• the SMDC Headquarters and the Force Development Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia
• the U.S. Army Space Command (Forward) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• the Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC)
• the Space and Missile Defense Battle Lab (SMDBL)
• the Space and Missile Defense Acquisition Center (SMDAC) based in Huntsville, Alabama; the SMDAC is comprised of:
  • the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF), at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
  • the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Kwajalein Missile Range (USAKA/KMR), in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • the Army Space Program Office (ASPO) in Alexandria, Virginia
  • the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors Project Office (JLENS) based in Huntsville, Alabama
  • the Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Project Office (BMTJPO) based in Huntsville, Alabama

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