Kadish declared that such a layered system, comprised over time of a range of systems to address an evolving threat, would likely utilize sea- and space-based missile defense "layers" to complement and add robustness to the ground-based capability he is preparing for deployment in Alaska.

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Ideally, an underlay of ground-based interceptors would also be deployed in a layered SDI system.

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We might not want to have entirely the levels of complexity that have layered themselves over the UK system in the past 800 years, there being no fewer than 21 possible different types of knighthood.

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Trunks to hold something as simple as a hat to something as layered and complicated as a stereo system.

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Simultaneously, we built a multi-layered module-and-template system for Forbes 400 profiles in print.

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The reason they call it a "family system" or a "layered defense" is that the tracking and targeting systems of each layer of technology enhance each others accuracy.

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The system on its way to the island is part of a "layered" defense giving the military multiple opportunities to shoot down incoming missiles and warheads before they reach their targets.

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