Air Defense Initiative (US)

[Grey Havoc]

In 1985 President Reagan ordered the creation of the ADI program,
which is managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and is executed
by the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency. In 1983 he had ordered the creation of the SDI program,
which is managed by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO).

The ADI and SDI programs were intended to develop an architecture and
the technology to address a massive Soviet nuclear attack on the continental
United States. The ADI program addresses the threat posed by
Soviet cruise missiles delivered by long-range bombers and submarines
and long-range bombers carrying bombs and short-range attack missiles.
The SDI program counters the threat of Soviet intercontinental ballistic
missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a344791.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA237381&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA237382&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA237383&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a262721.pdf

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.gao.gov/assets/90/88217.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA346972&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

 

[antigravite]

Was it related to project "Forecast II" ?


A.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Forecast II? Could you please refresh my memory on that one? (Probably going to kick myself.)

EDIT: Never mind, I found it. I don't think it was directly related, though I could be wrong.

 

[Grey Havoc]

The ADI, along with the SDI, would have more than likely led to the reactivation of the USAF's Aerospace Defense Command. Alas though...

 

[jsport]

Army pursuit of new air and missile defense interceptors heating up

The Army wants to start developing a second interceptor for its Indirect Fires Protection Capability and a next-gen missile to replace PAC-3 MSE.

www.defensenews.com