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Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery, representing a missile surmounting two crossed field guns
The U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery was changed from Anti-Aircraft Artillery (part of the Field Artillery), into a separate branch on On 20 June 1968. On 1 December 1968, the ADA branch was authorized to wear modified Artillery insignia, crossed field guns with missile. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links AirDefArtyBC.gif The graphic above is a representation of a U.S. military badge, created by the U.S. military and/or the Department of Defense. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... Union Army gun squad at drill, c. ...
Mission Statement
Protect the Force and Selected Geopolitical Assets from Aerial Attack, Missile Attack and Surveillance.
History
Air Defense Artillery refers to the combat group that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface to air missiles). In the US Army, these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the PATRIOT Missile System, Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (Still in development), the M6 Bradley Linebacker and the Avenger Air Defense system both which fire the FIM-92 Stinger missile. The branch motto is "First to fire!". Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Four Patriot missiles like the one shown here can be fired from this mobile launcher between loadings. ... Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD - formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense) is a United States Army project to develop a anti-ballistic_missile defense system, against theater or regional threats. ... The M2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and M3 Bradley CFV (Cavalry Fighting Vehicle) are American infantry fighting vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, (formerly United Defense, originally FMC). ... Avenger air defense missile system The Avenger Air Defense System is a US military weapon system utilized by both the Army and the Marine Corps that provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters. ... The FIM-92 Stinger is a man portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the US armed services, with whom it entered service in 1981. ...
Adaptations of standard artillery systems were commonly used for most long-range anti-aircraft artillery, starting with standard pieces on new mountings, and evolving to custom guns with much higher performance prior to World War II.
Nicknames for anti-aircraft guns include AAA or triple-A for anti-aircraft artillery, ack-ack (from the World War I phonetic alphabet for AA), archie (a WWI British term believed to derive via the Royal Flying Corps from the music-hall comedian George Robey's line "Archibald, certainly not!"), and flak (from the German Flugzeugabwehrkanone, aircraft defense canon).
In the Russian Army, AirDefense is a separate armed service, reflecting its extreme importance in Russian doctrine.
Civil defense is an effort to defend civilian society from military attack.
During the Cold War, civil defense was seen largely as defending against and recovering from an attack involving nuclear weapons.
After the end of the Cold War, the focus moved from defense against nuclear war to defense against a terrorist attack possibly involving chemical or biological weapons.
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