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Line 57: In 1969 Sentinel was renamed 'Safeguard'.<ref> {{cite web \|url = http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/1969%20Sentinel-Safeguard.pdf \|title = Edited extract from: Department of the Army Historical Summary \|publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History \|quote = out of the new concept came a new designation—Safeguard system \|deadurl = yes \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211161148/http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/1969%20Sentinel-Safeguard.pdf \|archivedate = 11 December 2015 \|df = dmy-all }}</ref> It was from then on dedicated to the protection of some of the U.S. ICBM-silo areas from attack, promoting their ability to mount a retaliatory missile attack. Safeguard used the same [[LIM-49A Spartan\|Spartan]] and [[Sprint (missile)\|Sprint]] missiles, and the same radar technology as Sentinel. Safeguard solved some problems of Sentinel: * It was less expensive to develop due to its limited geographic coverage and fewer required missiles. Line 116 ⟶ 121: ====Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense==== [[Terminal High Altitude Area Defense]] (THAAD) is a program of the [[US Army]], utilizing ground-based interceptor missiles which can intercept missiles in the upper part of the atmosphere and outside the atmosphere.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense\|url=http://www.mda.mil/system/thaad.html\|publisher=Missile Defense Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense\|accessdate=23 June 2014\|deadurl=yes\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731145651/http://www.mda.mil/system/thaad.html\|archivedate=31 July 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ====Airborne systems==== Line 192 ⟶ 197: [[Russia]] threatened to place short-range [[nuclear missiles]] on the Russia’s border with NATO if the United States refuses to abandon plans to deploy 10 interceptor missiles and a radar in [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569495/Russia-piles-pressure-on-EU-over-missile-shield.html Russia piles pressure on EU over missile shield], Telegraph</ref><ref name="iht.com">[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/23/asia/AS-GEN-China-Russia.php China, Russia sign nuclear deal, condemn US missile defense plans], International Herald Tribune</ref> In April 2007, Putin warned of a new [[Cold War]] if the Americans deployed the shield in Central Europe.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/11/usa.topstories3 Russia threatening new cold war over missile defence], The Guardian</ref> Putin also said that Russia is prepared to abandon its obligations under a [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty\|Nuclear Forces Treaty]] of 1987 with the United States.<ref name="usatoday.com">[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-10-12-us-russia_N.htm U.S., Russia no closer on missile defense], USATODAY.com</ref> In 2014 Russia announced plans to install more radar and missile defense systems across the country to counter U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.<ref name="upi.com">[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2014/01/08/Russia-outlines-2014-radar-missile-defense-plans/UPI-80371389192774/ "Russia outlines 2014 radar, missile defense plans"], UPI.com</ref> As of January 2017, the top 3 candidate sites for a [[proposed Eastern United States missile defense site]]<ref name=ShalalEsa>{{cite news\|last=Shalal-Esa\|first=Andrea\|title=Maine among candidates named for possible East Coast missile defense sites\|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/12/news/state/maine-among-candidates-named-for-possible-east-coast-missile-defense-sites/\|accessdate=19 November 2013\|newspaper=[[Bangor Daily News]]\|date=12 September 2013}}</ref> are now New York, Michigan, and Ohio.<ref>[http://www.waaytv.com/redstone_alabama/missile-defense-agency-continuing-work-on-interceptor-site-in-eastern/article_a74ce00a-de7d-11e6-8cdd-fb49394ac13a.html Missile Defense Agency continuing work on interceptor site in Eastern United States]{{dead link\|date=January 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ===Missile defense sites in Central Europe===