Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 06.24.2025
NASA launched a Sporadic-E Electro Dynamics, or SEED, sounding rocket from Roi Namur, Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands during a test June 20. During the mission, SEED was tracked by sensors at Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein. Part of the NASA team stand in front of Reagan Test Site’s ARPA Long-Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar, or......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.25.2025
Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command commanding general, addresses command leaders as he hosts an SMDC Commander’s Conference at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, Feb. 25-26. The conference provided attendees with an opportunity to gain insight and engage in discussions with fellow leaders throughout the global command. (U.S. Army photo by Jason B. Cutshaw)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.19.2025
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during the Glory Trip-252 operational test on Feb. 19 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM test launches demonstrate the readiness, reliability and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, ensuring national security in an era of strategic competition. This routine test validates the accuracy and performance......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 10.23.2024
Army astronauts Col. Frank Rubio and Col. Anne McClain meet with U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command leaders, Oct. 23, prior to McClain’s second launch into space on March 14. SMDC team members honor the Army’s active-duty astronauts May 5 on National Astronaut Day, which has been observed since 2017. McClain, Rubio and Col. Andrew “Drew” Morgan are the only active-duty......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 09.06.2023
An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Sept. 6, at 1:26 a.m. PT. The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the safety, security, effectiveness, and readiness of the weapon system, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.......
Photo by Allen Meeks | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 07.12.2023
Incoming commander Col. Andrew Morgan holds the command flag for U.S. Army Garrison, Kwajalein Atoll, during a change of command ceremony, June 28, 2023 (left). Morgan, an Army astronaut, participates in extravehicular activity/spacewalk EVA#57, during NASA ISS Expedition 61, Oct. 11, 2019 (right). (U.S. Army photo illustration by Allen Meeks)...
Photo by Carrie Campbell | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.17.2020
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA launches from an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapons System-44, Nov. 17. During FTM-44, members of the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 10.29.2020
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, or RTS, tracks an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch Oct. 29 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command’s Glory Trip-236 operational test. Sensors at RTS at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, located 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, are controlled at the......
