Space & Missile Defense Report
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CongressPoland, United States, Sign European Missile Defense Agreement To Erect Shield
Rep. Franks Says Deal Resolves Concerns Of Congress; It Is Time To Fund European Defense Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal for […]
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SpaceATK Rocket Destroyed After Liftoff From Wallops Island; NASA ‘Very Disappointed’ By Failure; Experts Seek Cause
Rocket Veered Off Course; Range Safety Personnel Destroyed Rocket When It Reached Safety-Area Limit; Unconfirmed Report Civilian Saw Rocket Debris On Land NASA Hypersonic Experiments Were Aboard Failed Rocket, Representing […]
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Business/FinancialPoland Signs Agreement Permitting United States To Install Interceptors In Silos For European Missile Defense
After months of negotiations, Poland signed an agreement allowing the United States to install ballistic missile interceptors in silos in Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed the agreement in […]
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Congress
U.S. Public Supports Ballistic Missile Defense By A Wide Margin; 87 Percent Favor It
Poll Results Come As Congress Weighs Financing For U.S. Missile Defense Programs A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield […]
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[August 18, 2008]
// PDF View- Multiple Kill Vehicle Propulsion Unit Passes Test
- Boeing Begins New Satellite Assembly Process
- Cassini Spacecraft Zips To Close Encounter With Saturnian Moon
- Contracts
- Launches
- Army Mobile Laser Beam Control System Passes Preliminary Review
- Beam Control Used In Advanced Tactical Laser Test;
- Lockheed Martin Target Missiles Work Well, Company Reports
- Iran Says It Launched Simulated Satellite
- From the Editors
- Proof Of Need For Missile Defense In Europe: Moscow Uses Weapons During Invasion
- U.S. Forces Entering Georgia On Aid Mission
- U.S. Public Supports Ballistic Missile Defense By A Wide Margin; 87 Percent Favor It
- Poland Signs Agreement Permitting United States To Install Interceptors In Silos For European Missile Defense
- Russia Deploys SS-21 Missile Launchers Into Georgia, Flouting U.S. Demands
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Homeland Security
U.S. Forces Entering Georgia On Aid Mission
Bush Warns Russian Military Not To Block Americans Bush Hints Russia May Be Kicked Out Of G-8 For Its Persistent Aggression In Georgia President Bush announced he is sending U.S. […]
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Homeland Security
Proof Of Need For Missile Defense In Europe: Moscow Uses Weapons During Invasion
Russia Fires Dozens Of Missiles Into Georgia Russian Use Of Missiles Enhances Their Value In Eyes Of Rogue States And Terrorist Groups As Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia, it […]
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Space
From the Editors
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Homeland Security
Lockheed Martin Target Missiles Work Well, Company Reports
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense […]
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Space
Beam Control Used In Advanced Tactical Laser Test;
First Time Entire ATL System Is Tested: Boeing The entire Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was tested for the first time, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The ATL, mounted on its […]