Missile Detection and Alarm System
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Missile Detection and Alarm System
MIDAS
A U.S. reconnaissance satellite system developed by the Lockheed Corporation beginning in the 1950s. Its infrared sensors and a telescope were designed to detect the hot exhaust of enemy missiles being launched and to radio a warning to Earth stations allowing the U.S. Air Force to scramble its bombers before the enemy warheads struck. The system was renamed the Defense Support Program in the 1960s.
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