Army asks Navy for help in alleviating burden on missile air and missile defense Soldiers

Army asks for help in alleviating burden on missile air and missile defense Soldiers

"...Nearly all Soldiers in air defense units have exceeded the Secretary of Defense requirement of remaining home for a minimum of two years following a one-year deployment, Gainey added.

Gainey said that the Army shares the responsibility of integrated missile defense with other services. He said to alleviate the burden placed on Soldiers, the Army has been working closely with sailors assigned to the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System..."

Reference: www.army.mil .

U.S. Navy Takes Out Ballistic and Anti-Ship Missiles at the Same Time Using Aegis System

U.S. Navy Takes Out Ballistic and Anti-Ship Missiles at the Same Time Using Aegis System

"...At the end of October 2023, we learned of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer taking on multiple targets at the same time. It was not something that happened in of the many of our planet's hot spots, but during a test event called Vigilant Wyvern which took place in the Pacific Ocean. ..."

Reference: www.autoevolution.com .

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Tracks Simulated Missile

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Tracks Simulated Missile

"...The central component of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis BMD Combat System is the SPY-1 radar; the most widely-fielded naval phased array radar in the world. The Aegis system and SPY-1 radar provide the U.S. and allied nations with advanced surveillance, anti-air warfare and missile defense capabilities..."

Reference: www.prnewswire.com .

Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook in Baltic Sea Alarms Experts (video)

Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook in Baltic Sea Alarms Experts

"...Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets flew at extremely low altitude over the American guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook in the international waters of the Baltic Sea ..."

Reference: www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

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Successful test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System

US Successfully Tests Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Amid Ongoing Tensions With Russia

"...The United States successfully tested the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, or BMD, system over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, simultaneously destroying one ballistic missile target and two cruise missile targets, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, announced in a statement...."

Reference: www.ibtimes.com .

Missile Defense Test successful intercept

Missile Defense Test Succeeds Against Medium-range Targets

"...The USS Decatur with its Aegis Weapon System detected and tracked the first target with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar. The Aegis ballistic missile defense weapon system developed a fire control solution, launched a Standard Missile-3 Block IA missile, and successfully intercepted the target...."

Reference: www.defense.gov .

Japanese may use Aegis missile defense systems to intercept North Korean rocket

Japan orders missile units to intercept North Korean rocket if territory threatened

"...Japan’s defense minister Friday ordered missile units to intercept a long-range rocket expected to be launched by North Korea if the rocket or its fragments threaten to hit Japan...."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

SM-3 interceptor missile failed to hit its target

SM-3 Missile Fails to Hit Target in Pacific Test

"...The Standard Missile-3 Block IB, part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, was launched from the Navy cruiser USS Lake Erie early this morning..."

Reference: www.bloomberg.com .

RIM-161 Standard Missile 3

RIM-161 Standard Missile 3

"...The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to intercept aircraft, ships, ballistic and cruise missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against a satellite at the lower end of Low Earth orbit. The SM-3 is primarily used and tested by the United States Navy and also operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and in the future by the Royal Netherlands Navy...."

Reference: wikipedia.org .

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

"...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 .

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work
"...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, have asked Congress for $68.5 million to build an Aegis missile-defense test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shores of Kauai...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

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Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai

Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai
"...BARKING SANDS, Kauai >> JS Myoko, Japan's third destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target above the atmosphere during a test today, Lockheed Martin..."
Reference: www.starbulletin.com

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Boeing Supports Successful Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System

Boeing Supports Successful Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
"...intercepted a ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3). Fired from the USS Hopper, the SM-3 Block IA missile, guided by the Aegis BMD weapon system and a Boeing-built kinetic warhead sensor, engaged and destroyed the short-range ballistic missile target launched from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. ..."
Reference: www.webwire.com

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