Aunque ya se nombró de pasada en el hilo del F-35 (mencionando que le querían dar capacidades ASAT), pongo por aquí el "Missile Defense Review" recientemente publicado en EEUU:
https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jan/17/2 ... REVIEW.PDFAlguna captura:
La parte correspondiente al F-35:
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DoD’s newest tactical aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II, has a capable sensor system that can detect the infrared signature of a boosting missile and its computers can identify the threatening missile’s location. The F-35 also can transmit tracking data to the Joint Force for
network centric warfighting. It can track and destroy adversary cruise missiles today, and, in the future, can be equipped with a new or modified interceptor capable of shooting down adversary ballistic missiles in their boost phase and could be surged rapidly to hotspots to strengthen U.S. active defense capabilities and attack operations. To this end, the U.S. Air Force and MDA will deliver a joint report to the USDA&S, USDR&E, USDP, and the CJCS within six months of the release of the MDR, on how best to integrate the F-35, including its sensor suite, into the BMDS for both regional and homeland defense.
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Algún detalle más:
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The Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) program is a next generation kinetic kill vehicle for the GBI designed to improve the ability to engage ICBM warheads, decoys, and countermeasures using a single defensive interceptor. While the number of GBIs is limited, MOKV could improve the performance of the GMD system by increasing the probability of successfully intercepting the warhead.
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Lásers sobre UAV actualmente en desarrollo:
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Developing scalable, efficient, and compact high energy laser technology, and integrating it onto an airborne platform holds the potential to provide a future cost-effective capability to destroy boosting missiles in the early part of the trajectory. Doing so would leverage technological advances made earlier in DoD’s Airborne Laser Program, including for example advances in beam propagation and beam control. MDA is developing a Low-Power Laser Demonstrator to evaluate the technologies necessary for mounting a laser on an unmanned airborne platform to track and destroy missiles in their boost-phase.
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De momento solo le eché un vistazo por encima, pero creo que se destaca bastante el papel del espacio.