Ballistic missile defense systems BMDS

The control structure for a second more complex example to be used later in the chapter, a fictional but realistic ballistic missile intercept system (FMIS), is shown in figure 8.2. Pereira, Lee, and Howard [154] created this example to describe their use of STPA to assess the risk of inadvertent launch in the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) before its first deployment and field test. 

Faced with a multitude of special-purpose systems suited to individual missions such as Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA), the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has recognized the need... 

While cyberspace generally refers to the global domain of interconnected computing systems, in this work we focus on the specific cyber domain that supports ballistic missile defense in the United States. Thus when we refer to the Cyber OODA loop we are referring to the specific decision-making process used to defend the BMD mission from cyber attack. 

Our NCDS architecture was deployed during the demonstration of a proof-of-concept net-centric BMD decision-support system [10]. Similar to our NCDS architecture, this system uses SOA services to strengthen the Ballistic-Missile-Defense OODA loop. 

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