Air Defense Artillery Online

14 February 2008

Anti-Satellite Mission Once Belonged to Air Defense Artillery
    The USS Erie, a US Navy Aegis missile defense cruiser, has been tasked to shoot down a falling US Satellite, but the anti-satellite mission was once assigned to Air Defense Artillery. Extracted from the March-April 1990 issue of Air Defense Artillery magazine, "ASAT: ADA's New Space Age Mission" by Pete Olson describes ADA ASAT weapons systems and fire units that might have existed if the Defense Department had continued to fund the anti-satellite program.