Hypaspistai Projectile Defense Network

Hypaspistai Projectile Defense Network
Insignia of the Hypaspistai
Type	air defence system
Place of origin	Burgundie
Service history
In service	2027-present
Used by	Burgoignesc Security Forces
Wars	Occidental Cold War

The Hypaspistai Projectile Defense Network (Burg: Reseau de Defense Antimissile Hypaspistai (ReDAH¹)) is the missile defense for the Burgoignesc Metropole as well as part of an integrated, cohesive and overlapping set of missile defense systems with other Levantine Union Defense Council (LUDC) members called the Bar-barrier. It is also serves as the astroid/space junk defense system for Burgundie.

¹Pronounced like a Boston public school graduate saying "radar".

It is a defense-in-depth system consisting of a three layers of defensive measures, airborne/spaceborne surveillance systems that maintain a constant threat picture for inbound threats, seaborne defense systems in the form of a constant patrol of anti-missile defense frigates circling the Sea of Canete amd the Sea of Istroya, and land based systems that include both short and long range missile defense systems.

The network is named for the shield bearer of the ancient Istroyan phalanx.

History and Development

While not completed or used during the Occidental Cold War, it is a direct result of that conflict and the rapid advance of projectile (partcularly missile) capability.

The various branches of the Burgoignesc Security Forces all had approached missile defense in their own way, mostly with a focus on force protection. The Navy of Burgundie was charged with strategic air defense in the 1960s as it had more of a surveillance and early warning capability than the Royal Air Service of Burgundie at the time. At the conclusion of Operation Kipling in the mid-1980s this role was transferred to the Royal Air Service of Burgundie while the Navy focused on rearmament and reconstitution after its 25+ ears of direct military engagement. In the 1990s the responsibility was shared between the services as the Navy once again surpassed the Royal Air Service of Burgundie with its Metaorizonal doctrine and capability. With the increased demonstrated capability of Caphiria's ICBMs the need to develop a intermeshed network of capabilities led the the creation of the ICBM Defense Action Center (IDAC) in 2005. At the conclusion of the Occidental Cold War in 2014, IDAC was determined to be too costly and was defunded over the next few years. In 2016 the Trinity Defense System was deployed and caused panic in the Burgoignesc Security Forces, a rider was passed on some big spending bill for FY 2017, that tied astroid/space junk defense to IDAC. This addition of civilian space defense role temporarily saved the operation from financial obsurity. In 2027, IDAC was reorganized into Hypaspistai Projectile Defense Network as part of the 21st Century Burgoignesc Power Projection Stratagem by Crown Princess of Burgundie, Amelia.

Surveillance and Early Warning

Seaborne Defense

Land-based Defense

Similar role

• Trinity Defense System
• Bar-barrier