The news site for the missile defense industry. Missile Defense is a defense system intended to protect the U.S. from intercontinental ballistic missiles fired by rogue states.
"...The missile was 4- to 5-feet long and had "do not touch, do not move" markings painted on it...."
Reference: www.kswt.com .
"...Specifically, the SM-3 Block IA missile destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile target more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii...."
Reference: seattlepi.com ."..."Having a Raytheon manager in this key position fully leverages our strategic partnership with Raytheon Missile Systems, a critical GMD OEM with whom we have a successful combined track record on a host of missile defense programs..."
Reference: www.marketwatch.com ."...SpaceX already does business with the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command here. SMDC helped establish the SpaceX launch site on Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean, where the company has already launched five rockets...."
Reference: Huntsville Space Professionals ."...stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City while trying to board a flight with a Raytheon laptop computer that had information that he was not authorized to have...."
Reference: www.myfoxboston.com .
"...By 2012, employees under a certain type of plan will see their coinsurance payments rise from 10 to 20% up to the out-of-pocket maximum...."
Reference: topnews.co.uk .
"...former Cold War anti-aircraft missile site is becoming part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge...."
Reference: www.chicagotribune.com .
"...TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that it has succeeded in improving the range of its mid-range missile defense system named as 'Mersad'. ..."
Reference: farsnews.com .
"...A converted Boeing Co 747 equipped with a powerful laser failed to shoot down a mock enemy ballistic missile, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday, the system's second botched flight test in a row...."
Reference: www.reuters.com ."...Two fake heat-seeking Stinger missiles were also found in their car. Prosecutors argued that the defendants thought they were armed with real missiles..."
Reference: www.wnyc.org ."...the U.S. has asked Beijing to do more to stop Chinese companies from providing assistance and expertise to Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons and more powerful missiles. ..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com ."...the enhanced missile stockpile could be capable of devastating 90 per cent of the the self-ruled island's key assets, according to a report published by the Defense Ministry's naval studies journal in July...."
Reference: www.rttnews.com .
"...The vehicle traveled through Green River then went south of I-70 onto the old missile base. The suspect drove the vehicle through a locked gate of the missile base and stopped approximately 500 yards from the base. The suspect exited the vehicle with a handgun and took cover behind his vehicle ..."
Reference: www.ecprogress.com .
"...“there may be other bullet strikes on the building as well” and says the investigation is still underway...."
Reference: time.com ."...Officially called the Utah Launch Complex, the 3,650 acre site in the bare hills north of Moab, was established in 1961 as a launch point for test missiles bound for the Army's 4,000 square-mile White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The site has been in "caretaker status" since the last launch in 1974..."
Reference: www.abovetopsecret.com ."...A sweep of the area and facility found that some shots had hit the building, Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman said. He didn't know how many or from what kind of weapon. ..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .
"... believes that several Chinese companies are violating United Nations sanctions and providing Iran with assistance in improving its missile technology and developing nuclear weapons..."
Reference: www.haaretz.com .
"...While construction money will apparently dry up next year, Redstone spokeswoman Kim Henry said the arsenal has received $440 million since 2007 for BRAC-related building projects. Work is continuing on new headquarters for the Missile Defense Agency and Army Materiel Command, now based at Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia...."
Reference: blog.al.com ."...Since 2008, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has been awarded 75 environmental, safety and health honors, including 50 safety-specific awards from..."
Reference: pr-usa.net .
"...missile plot is the nation's first conviction at trial under an anti-terrorism statute that outlaws the importation of missile systems designed to destroy aircraft, federal prosecutors said...."
Reference: www.nbclosangeles.com ."...The Pentagon and its European partners are weighing the fate of a multibillion-dollar effort to replace the Patriot missile-defense system amid the U.S. defense secretary's drive to cut costs...."
Reference: wsj.com ."...The inquiry singles out two security firms—ArmorGroup, a subsidiary of U.K.-based G4S PLC, and EOD Technology Inc., or EODT, of Lenoir City, Tenn.—for relying on dubious local power brokers, including individuals described in U.S. military reports as Taliban affiliates and criminals...."
Reference: online.wsj.com .
"...Officials have linked a recent increase in US drone missile attacks in Pakistan to efforts to disrupt a suspected al-Qaeda plot to attack European targets...."
Reference: www.bbc.co.uk ."...a serious terrorist threat and should be banned, according to a security expert.
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"...But the Pakistani government is believed to assist in at least some of the missile attacks, although the US does not publicly acknowledge the existence of the covert, CIA-run operation...."
Reference: aljazeera.net .
