"The company says the U.S. government has operationally tested the weapon. ...Anduril Industries has been secretly building what executives say is a first-of-a-kind, turbojet-powered craft that can down incoming drones or missiles, perform reconnaissance, and handle other missions.
Called Road Runner, the six-foot, delta-winged craft can take off and land vertically and fly autonomously. So is it a missile or a drone?..."
Reference: www.defenseone.com
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"...The draft National Space Authorization Act would also push Space Force on integrating commercial data and on over-classification of space programs. ...The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee in its fiscal 2024 draft defense policy bill would speed delivery of a new Missile Defense Agency interceptor specifically designed to shoot down hypersonic missiles. ..."
Reference: breakingdefense.com
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"...Raytheon Missile Systems announced the successful completion of a hot fire rocket motor for US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES) on 6 May..."
Reference: www.janes.com
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"..."The initial trial of the advanced Arrow 3 will be performed in the near future to confirm the interceptor's effectiveness," Itzhak Kaya, head of the Arrow Missile Program at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), said in a military and aviation exhibition Thursday near Tel Aviv. ..."
Reference: twocircles.net .
Pentagon declares it a success, though decoy 'countermeasures' fail to deploy in the encounter over the Pacific Ocean.
Dummy target hit in missile defense test "...While in flight, the target was tracked by radar systems in Alaska, at sea and at Beale Air Force Base in California. Information from five different sensors was integrated, then sent to the interceptor...."
Reference: www.latimes.com .
A listing of links/resources for the National Missile Defense (NMD)program "...National Missile Defense - The Arctic Dimension , The Dragon Goes North: Chemical and Biological Warfare Testing in Alaska [1972], Department of Defense Fact Sheets on 27 open-air Chemical and Biological Warfare Tests [Project 112] -- includes 12 tests at Fort Greely - Department of Defense, National Missile Defense and Alaska - Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [July 19,2001], Missile Defense Agency Emplaces First Interceptor at Fort Greely - Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense [pdf file, July 22, 2004], New Acquisition Procedures for Missile Defense - Heritage Foundation [February 4, 2004]..."
Reference: arcticcircle.uconn.edu .
