Boeing grows Alaska-based homeland missile defense silo count

Boeing grows Alaska-based homeland missile defense silo count

"...new silos for the homeland missile defense system at Fort Greely, Alaska, growing the number of interceptors that can be emplaced there from 40 to 60.

Boeing recently announced it had officially installed “the first of 20 additional” silos for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system — now over 20 years old — designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missile threats from North Korea and Iran. This also included silo interface vaults, which are “adjacent underground electronics rooms..."

Reference: www.defensenews.com .

Missile Defense on the return

The Return of Missile Defense

"...Fourteen additional ground-based long-range missile interceptors are to be installed in Alaska by 2017..."

Reference: www.nationalreview.com .

Lockheed Martin and Alaska Aerospace Partner for GMD Development and Sustainment Contract

Lockheed Martin and Alaska Aerospace Partner for GMD Development and Sustainment Contract

"...As a partner to Lockheed Martin, Alaska Aerospace will provide operations and maintenance support at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., where GMD Ground-based Interceptors are deployed. ..."

Reference: www.prnewswire.com .

Boeing Proposes Politics-Dodging Missile Defense System

Boeing Proposes Politics-Dodging Missile Defense System
"...Boeing, maker of the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) that are currently stationed in Alaska and California, has forwarded a more marketable version of the system..."
Reference: www.wired.com

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