
Lieutenant General Pat O’Reilly (ret.)
Former Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and longtime missile defense program manager, offering expert insight on missile defense technologies, doctrine, and architectures.
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Nov 4, 2025 • 1h 2min
How Missile Defense Actually Works
Lieutenant General Pat O’Reilly (ret.), former Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, shares decades of missile defense leadership. He breaks down missile classes, the kill chain, and firing doctrine. He contrasts kinetic interceptors with directed energy and explains sensors, fusion, networking, and the role startups in future architectures.


