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"...part of a series being conducted for the military, which has already inducted the missile into its arsenal..."
Reference: www.upi.com .
"...The David's Sling Weapon System Project Agreement will advance efforts to develop an Israeli capability against short-range and theater ballistic missiles, large-caliber rockets, and cruise missiles. Included in the project is the continued development of the Stunner Interceptor to provide lower-tier intercept capability for Israel's multi-layered missile defense system. David's Sling will also address the threat posed by the types of inexpensive and easily-produced short-range missiles and rockets used during the 2006 Lebanon War, and will also advance low-altitude intercept technology and provide that technology to benefit U.S. and Israeli industry...."
Reference: www.mda.mil ."...start establishing a more-permanent platform to discuss issues such as nuclear arms and ballistic-missile defenses ..."
Reference: wsj.com .
"...Computer security specialists have speculated that once inside the factory and within the software that controls equipment, the worm reprogrammed centrifuges made by a specific company, Siemens, to make them fail in a way that would be virtually undetectable. Whether the program achieved its goal is not known. ..."
Reference: www.nytimes.com ."...“We will build a long-range anti-aircraft missile system analogous to S-300,” Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said. ..."
Reference: www.itar-tass.com ."...Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday banned selling S-300 air defense missiles to Iran...."
Reference: www.allheadlinenews.com ."...According to the report, the Iranian missile, which was displayed with great pride in Teheran less than a month ago, has a maximum range of 200 kilometers. This means it is capable of reaching Jerusalem and Ashdod..."
Reference: www.jpost.com .
"..."We've used good, old-fashioned stuff from your telephone network to build a laser that has no moving parts," said Mohammed Islam, a scientist at the University of Michigan who developed this new laser-based missile defense system...."
Reference: discovery.com ."...The Agency plans to resume flight experiments beginning with tests of the software repair on September 13 leading to a lethal shootdown experiment involving a solid-fuel target missile by the end of this month. A mid-October experiment is in the planning stages that will involve lasing a solid-fuel missile at three times the range of last February’s successful destruction of a liquid-fuel missile. ..."
Reference: www.mda.mil ."...military says the missile blasted off at 3:03 a.m. Friday, and its single re-entry test vehicle traveled approximately 5,300 miles to a target ..."
Reference: www.airforcetimes.com ."...Neither the missile nor any missile launch mechanisms at Vandenberg are the cause of the delay, officials said..."
Reference: www.keyt.com .
"...Some will see the plan for a new missile shield as a tacit admission that America has rejected the risky option of launching air attacks on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, and given up hopes of deterring Iran from building a bomb..."
Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk ."...Lockheed Martin, as the MDA’s prime contractor for Targets and Countermeasures, will deliver targets from Courtland to ranges around the globe to test Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Aegis, Ground-based Midcourse, Airborne Laser, sensors and other Ballistic Missile Defense System elements – demonstrating both element- and system-level capabilities against current and future threats to the U.S., friends, allies and troops abroad. ..."
Reference: www.lockheedmartin.com ."...according to the report, including the possible "development of a nuclear payload for a missile."
The report estimates that Iran has accumulated about 2.8 tons of low-enriched uranium..."
"...west of Miran Shah town, a hub for local and international militants in the North Waziristan region...."
Reference: www.todayonline.com .
"...part of a layered US ballistic missile defense that includes bigger, more powerful ground-based interceptors in California and Alaska...."
Reference: www.staradvertiser.com ."...Taiwan will deploy a new missile defence system by 2015 to protect bases from any attack by rival China, an official said on Wednesday, a sign that military distrust still runs deep despite a thaw in trade ties...."
Reference: reuters.com ."...Test launches of the Bulava missile were put on hold last year after a series of failed launches..."
Reference: www.voanews.com .
