Space & Missile Defense Report
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Congress‘Pessimistic’ Griffin Memo Protests ‘Jihad’ Against NASA, But He Repeats Formal Support For Retiring Shuttles, Depending On Russians For Transport To Space Station
Griffin’s View Of A Threadbare NASA Budget Comes After Others Voiced That Conclusion; He Sees No U.S. Crew On Space Station In 2012 He Expects Next President To Order Continued […]
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InternationalChina Poised To Launch Manned Spaceship, With Liftoff Set For Window Of Sept. 25-30
Chinese Taikonaut To Perform Spacewalk; This Will Be Third Chinese Manned Mission China will launch a manned Shenzhou-7 spaceship in a window of Sept. 25 – 30 on a mission […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Deploys First Atlantic Fleet-Based BMD Destroyer
By Geoff Fein The Navy today will make its first-ever deployment of an Atlantic Fleet-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable destroyer, as the USS Ramage (DDG-61) heads to the Mediterranean […]
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ArmyBoeing, Northrop Grumman Continue Army Laser Work
By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] were awarded options to continue advancing work on a High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) able to counter rockets, artillery […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Conducts Successful Test of Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles
The Navy Monday conducted a successful test launch of two unarmed Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs), Lockheed Martin [LMT] reported. The Lockheed Martin-built missiles were launched from the […]
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SpaceNASA Devises Solution For Ares Rocket Thrust Oscillation Problem
NASA leaders announced a solution for an intense vibration, or thrust oscillation, in the Ares I rocket that will loft the next-generation U.S. space capsule Orion into orbit. The thrust […]
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Homeland Security
Russian Invasion Of Georgia Proves U.S. Need For Directed-Energy Weapons Against Missile, Air Threats
The United States needs to field laser weapons, including solid-state assets, now, not later, a new report states. Proof of the urgent need for directed-energy defenses have been provided by […]