"...If they can be deployed successfully, Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles would be the first capable of targeting a moving aircraft-carrier..."
Reference: www.wired.com
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Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth
"...the two types of submarine-launched warheads deployed today (the W76 and W88) can destroy a hardened missile silo 90 percent and 98 percent of the time respectively, according to one estimate. Washington also has plans to develop a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBM) and a new long-range nuclear bomber. ..."
Reference: www.thebulletin.org
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IAF simulates integrated missile defense
"...exercise was conducted in a computer laboratory and did not include actual firing of missiles. The IAF also checked how the Israeli systems integrate with long-range American systems – such as the THAAD and the Aegis – which could be deployed here in the event of a large-scale conflict...."
Reference: www.jpost.com
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Missile Defense Agency Presents Ronald W. Reagan and Technology Achievement Awards
"...The 2010 Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Award and the Technology Achievement Awards were presented by MDA director Lt. General Patrick O'Reilly during the eighth annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2010. ..."
Reference: www.mda.mil
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"...After US president Barack Obama announced the agreement at the White House on March 26 2010, US defence secretary Robert Gates made this simple declaration. "Missile defense is not constrained by this treaty," he said...."
Reference: sofiaecho.com
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US and Russia agree new nuclear arms treaty
"...will limit missile forces to 800 deployed and non-deployed intercontinental ballistic missile launchers, submarine launched ballistic missile launchers, and..."
Reference: news.smh.com.au
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White House says new nuclear treaty places no limits on missile defenses
"...critical of U.S. missile defense plans,..."
Reference: www.latimes.com
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U.S. looks to export drone technology to allies
"...Washington announced plans to give Pakistan surveillance drones but Islamabad also wants shoot-and-kill drones, like the Predator, which may be armed with Hellfire missiles...."
Reference: www.reuters.com
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E-Bomb Awareness Day: Grab Your Tinfoil Hat
"...funding missile-defense systems that can strike ballistic missiles in the boost or ascent phase. The Obama administration has gutted boost-phase programs, but overall it is pouring more money into what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has termed “our most capable theater missile defense systems”..."
Reference: www.wired.com
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Cold War Finale Made Missile Defense Possible
"...The need for missile defense was illustrated during the Gulf War, when Iraq launched SCUD missiles at allied forces massing in Saudi Arabia and at Israel. U.S. Patriot missile batteries ..."
Reference: www.defense.gov
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Waiting for the end of the world: Georgia's 30-year stone mystery
"...Billed as "America's Stonehenge," it's an astronomically complex, 120-ton relic of Cold War fears, built to instruct survivors of an Armageddon that the mystery man feared was all too near...."
Reference: www.cnn.com
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China's satellite killer "...Is China continuing to develop the ability to destroy the satellites upon which the United States and other space-faring nations depend for both military and civilian missions? Is China seeking the ability to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles, even as it decries America..."
Reference: foreignpolicy.com .
Missile Defense Chief Withholds Funds to Penalize Poor Quality "...The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said he is withholding funds from contractors who produce deficient components for missile interceptors. “These are precision instruments. They have to work right,” Army Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly..."
Reference: www.businessweek.com .
A robust missile defense program is essential for Israel (Rep. Steve Rothman) "...member of the 15 person House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, I am sometimes asked why Israeli missile defense is so important. ..."
Reference: thehill.com .
Google Stops Censorship, Making Block by China Likely "...Obama administration is “disappointed” that Google couldn’t reach an agreement with the Chinese government to keep operating Google.cn, said Mike Hammer, a spokesman for the National Security Council...."
Reference: www.businessweek.com .
“Working to Make Missile Defense a Reality”
IMDA – Israel Missile Defense Association
"...A non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization, IMDA is dedicated to providing a forum for public education, discussion and professional studies focusing on defense of Israel against missile and rocket threats from terror organizations and enemy states.
IMDA’s Board of Directors and Advisory Board include some of Israel’s most prominent leaders, with extensive experience in national security and missile defense. We are dedicated to help support the serious public awareness needed to keep missile defense a national priority...."
Reference: imda.org.il
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U.S. missile strikes kill 6 militants in Pakistan
"...(Reuters) - Two missile strikes by pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Wednesday killed at least six militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, intelligence officials and residents said...."
Reference: www.reuters.com
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It Can’t Be True: More on that Missile Defense Agency logo "...t has also been observed that – rather than embracing the symbolic crescent and star, they could be interpreted as the targets of the intercepting swoosh in the MDA’s latest logo. If so, the 2009 design would presumably be offensive to Islamists, rather than evidence of submission to them...."
Reference: biggovernment.com .
