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Business/FinancialAmerican Satellites Targets For Anti-Americans With ASAT, But Satellites With Foreign Participation May Not Be Hit
Inviting foreign participation in U.S. satellites may help to make malign militaries less keen to shoot them down with anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, an official said. Enemies may wish to attack […]
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Airborne Laser Aces Test, Accurately Tracking A Boosting Missile
Tracking Laser Overcomes Atmospheric Distortion Far Longer Than Required For High-Power Laser To Demolish An Enemy Missile The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another success, ironically just as […]
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THAAD: Ten Years And The Hits Keep Coming
It has been a decade since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) effected its first intercept of a target missile. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted […]
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O’Reilly Says ABL Program In ‘Very Good Shape’ And Performing ‘Fantastic … Revolutionary’ Work Such As Compensating For Atmosphere Distorting Laser Beam
The Airborne Laser (ABL) is proceeding well toward a successful shoot-down of a target missile later this year, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), […]
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GPS III Effort Moves Into Critical Design Review Phase
The Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is moving into the critical design review phase, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That move into the next phase began on schedule, […]
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Gates Endorses Missile Defense, Sees ‘High Probability’ Of Killing Incoming North Korean Missiles
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said U.S. missile defenses have a "high probability" of taking out any incoming North Korean missiles. "I have confidence that if North Korea launched a […]
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North Korea, Following Nuclear Bomb And Missile Tests, Reels Into Vow To Make More Nukes; Pyongyang Finally Admits To Uranium Program, Beyond Plutonium Work
North Threatens ‘Action’ If Its Ships Are Boarded Under New U.N. Resolution To Curb Pyongyang Proliferation North Korea, fresh from launching missiles of varying ranges and testing a nuclear weapon […]
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Ahmadinejad’s Message Of Hate And Threats Toward Israel, United States, Wins Him Reelection
His Vows To Annihilate America, Israel, Resonate With Iranian Voters; But His Rival Claims Election Fixing And Fraud Electorate Endorses Iranian Push Toward Ever More Threatening Missile Capabilities, Nuclear Materials […]
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Uzi Rubin Says Goal Of Iran Is Clear: To Develop Nuclear-Tipped ICBMs; Evidence Of Intent Has Formed For Years
United States Must ‘Start Now’ To Build European Missile Defense System, If It Is To Be In Place Before Iran Ready To Strike A mass of evidence has gathered steadily […]
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NPOESS Roasted At Senate Hearing; Multi-Agencies Forum Causes Failure
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator […]