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terrestrial services. The BMD COMNET includes the GMD Communications Network and
Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications BMD Communication
Network.
2. Global Ballistic Missile Defense Roles and Responsibilities
a. The UCP tasks each CCDR with, “Detecting, deterring, and preventing attacks
against the United States, its territories and bases, and employing appropriate force to defend
the nation should deterrence fail.” CCDRs will coordinate the employment of active and
passive missile defense measures and strike forces to defeat BM attacks in all phases of
flight, or prior to their launch. Each GCC is the “supported” commander for all operations
conducted to defeat BM threats in their respective AOR. A missile launch that crosses AOR
boundaries complicates C2 of defensive assets and requires coordination among multiple
GCCs. For theater BMD, a GCC may control all elements involved; however, as the range
of threat missiles increases, and depending on the location of their launchers, so does the
potential for cross-AOR BM attacks. This will test the speed and reliability of C2 which ties
sensors and interceptors to decision makers across traditional command boundaries. The
need to close gaps and seams across AOR boundaries led to the UCP direction for
CDRUSSTRATCOM to be responsible for synchronizing the planning for global missile
defense. All GCCs and subordinate JFCs coordinate their BMD planning and support with
USSTRATCOM JFCC-IMD.
b. Many organizations have a role in BMD. By its very nature, BMD is inherently joint
and may be executed in multiple AORs simultaneously by the affected GCCs. Because there
are no overarching GBMD C2 structures, GCCs use existing theater AMD C2 organizations
(e.g., AADCs, AAMDCs, RADCs, and SADCs) to conduct BMD, and they must coordinate
across AOR boundaries.
3. General Ballistic Missile Defense Characteristics
a. BMD consists of passive AD, active AD, attack operations, and battle management.
It aligns with DCA required for BM threats when a JFC conducts counterair operations (see
counterair framework diagram in Chapter I, “Introduction,” Figure I-1).
b. GBMD includes capabilities to detect, deter, defend against, and defeat adversary
BM threats. GBMD must synchronize and integrate defensive capabilities to destroy or
disrupt adversary missiles prior to launch, or to defeat inbound missiles in all phases of
flight. Effective and efficient GBMD requires a balanced use of resources among the GCCs.
To achieve unity of effort, GBMD will need to fully synchronize defensive actions and
supporting systems to engage a target with multiple weapons systems throughout its
trajectory.
c. Effective GBMD battle management requires shared situational awareness, effective
management of high-demand–low-density resources, directing and controlling the correct
actions in a timely manner, and monitoring and assessing the execution. GBMD utilizes a
wide range of integrated BMD battle-management and planning systems to mitigate
complexities associated with multiple theater BMD events.
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