Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Hezbollah Terrorists Use Mexican Drug Smuggling Routes To Help Fund Terrorist Operations: Report
Hezbollah, the terrorist group that bombarded Israel with thousands of missiles in 2006, is working with Mexican drug cartels, using their smuggling routes into the United States, The Washington Times […]
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Business/FinancialNational Space Symposium: Raytheon Offers Responder: New Sensors For Rapid Use On Satellites
Raytheon Co. [RTN] unveiled its Responder product, a rapidly deployable interchangeable, mission-specific sensor payload for satellites. The move comes as many military officers and analysts worry that some potential enemies […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Bloodied As Gates Proposes Slashing Missile Defense Programs In Budget Proposal
Boeing ABL: No More Planes; Boeing GMD: No More Interceptors; Boeing EMD: Coasting On Old Funds Gates Plan Cuts 14 Percent Of MDA Funds; Aegis-Standard Missile Program Does Well, As […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Seen Plotting To Damage Iraq: Pentagon Report
Iran threatens Iraq, and won’t cease attempts to back terrorist groups that kill American military personnel, a Pentagon report disclosed. "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq’s long-term […]
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Business/FinancialSpecial Issue: North Korea Launches ICBM;
Japan, U.S. Forces, Don’t Try To Shoot It Down; Instead, Obama, Others, Frown On Outlaw Launch Illicit North Korean Missile Launch Proves Need For U.S., Japanese Missile Defense; Missile Flight […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — April 2, 2009 – 11 a.m. EDT Legend:+ Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) |** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: April 28 * Mission: GOES-O […]
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Business/FinancialTransformational Satellite Program Would Die In Fiscal 2010 Gates Plan; $26 Billion At Stake For TSAT
The $26 billion Transformational Satellite, or TSAT, program would die under a new budget plan that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today unveiled in a news briefing. The Boeing Co. […]
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Business/FinancialAIA Pushes For Easing Export Controls On Satellites; Group Alleges Rules Are Damaging Space Industrial Base
The Aerospace Industries Association once again criticized export controls on sensitive technologies that might have military applications, saying those controls harm the space industrial base. AIA President and CEO Marion […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Simultaneously Shoots Down Cruise And Ballistic Missiles In 3rd Fleet Exercise
By Geoff Fein The 3rd Fleet is evaluating data collated from last month’s Stellar Dagger exercise that showcased for the first time a simultaneous downing of a ballistic missile in […]