U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), home to Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS), operates as a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The USAKA Commander is responsible for Kwajalein and Roi-Namur’s more than 1,700 residents, comprised of military personnel, Army civilians, contractor employees, tenants and family members. The use of the Kwajalein Atoll as a U.S. military facility is made possible through treaty and lease agreements negotiated with the RMI.

Reagan Test Site operates as an activity of the Department of Defense (DoD). RTS is a major range and test base facility supporting development, test, and evaluation of all elements of the ballistic missile defense system; test and evaluation of strategic systems; and serves as a test bed for sensor system research and development. RTS also conducts space operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command including space object identification, space surveillance, and new foreign-launch support.

RTS is a multi-billion dollar facility with state-of-the-art instrumentation unmatched anywhere in the world. It offers space tracking and full-envelope strategic and tactical missile testing with the world’s most sophisticated suite of radar, optics, telemetry and scoring sensors.