Ground-Based Interceptor

Ground-Based Interceptor
A Ground-Based Interceptor loaded into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, in July 2004
TypeAnti-ballistic missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States Army
Production history
ManufacturerOrbital Sciences Corporation, Raytheon, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Specifications
Mass21,600 kilograms (47,600 lb)[1]
Length16.61 metres (54.5 ft)[1]
Diameter1.28 metres (4.2 ft)[1]
WarheadExoatmospheric Kill Vehicle

EngineSolid-fuel booster, liquid-fuel vehicle[2]
Guidance
system
Inertial + imaging infrared
Launch
platform
Silo

The Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) is the anti-ballistic missile component of the United States' Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system.

  1. ^ a b c Jim O'Halloran (15 January 2014). Jane's Weapons 2014/2015: Strategic (PDF). Jane's Information Group. p. 243. ISBN 978-0710631077.
  2. ^ "Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System | L3Harris® Fast. Forward". www.l3harris.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023. Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, supplies the liquid propellant Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) that maneuvers the Raytheon-built EKV …