Polish troops withdraw from Iraq
Polish troops withdraw from Iraq "...However, the government is increasing its troop levels in Afghanistan and preparing for a U.S. missile defense base...."
Reference: www.statesman.co .
Why does debate on defense spending matter in Oxford? "...Miltec collaborates with the university on defense-related projects in the area of applied acoustics research - specifically high-tech sensors that can detect and identify cruise missiles and others that can triangulate the location of earthquakes or nuclear tests. From 2000-2007, Miltec got $12.2 million in six separate defense contracts. Miltec president Don Miller said he and other defense contractors fear that Obama will cut defense spending. "I have particular concerns that he will cut missile defense spending," he said. "It could set this country back 10 years."..."
Reference: www.clarionledger.com .
Americans deploy anti-missile radar in Israel "...The radar, said to have a range of more than 2,000 kilometers is located in the south of the country, the radio added, and is operated by a permanent 120-strong US Army staff. Questioned by AFP, an Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman said he did "not know about such a deployment."..."
Reference: www.dailystar.com.lb.
Area Army, missile defense work gets boost in bill "...provides defense programs with $28.4 billion more than 2008 funding, said U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Huntsville. The bill includes nearly $8.7 billion for MDA programs, including about $284 million for the Multiple Kill Vehicle, $387 million for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and $915 million for Ballistic Missile Defense System Tests and Targets..."
Reference: blog.al.com.
"...The U.S. government has spent more than $60 billion deploying a land-, sea- and air-based missile defense system aimed at intercepting intercontinental ballistic missiles. The complex and controversial system has drawn sharp criticism for its cost and questionable efficiency, even as the Pentagon looks to the future of missile defense...."
Reference: www.npr.org .
Monster is a great place to look for employment in the missile defense industry As of the date of this article, job search giant
Monster , identifies 821 job openings for Missile Defense. Some examples of employment in missile defense are C++ Software Developer (Missile Defense Systems), Mid Level Engineer Analyst (Missile Defense), Principal Industrial Security Specialist (ISSM) - Missile Defense Center, Project Manager, Missile Defense S&T, with companies like SAIC, Raytheon, BAE Sysytems, General Dynamics, and Boeing.
Reference: Monster .
Missile test canceled due to target malfunction "...The Army canceled a THAAD missile test planned for yesterday afternoon at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i because of a "malfunction with the target missile," the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com .
Missile attack in Pakistan, 7 dead "...The United States maintains that Taliban and Al-Qaida forces operate with relative impunity in tribal areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan and use those areas as a staging ground to attack US forces and their allies inside Afghanistan.
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Reference: www.ndtv.com .
Missile Defense Agency "...To develop and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight...."
Reference: http://www.mda.mil .
U.S. to sell $7 bln missile-defense system to the United Arab Emirates "...The main item, worth up to $7 billion, is the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, which is built by Lockheed Martin Corp with a system radar from Raytheon Co, and could be used for possible defense against Iran...."
Reference: www.reuters.com .
Air Force Tests Huge Airborne Laser Gun "...test of the high-energy chemical laser was conducted Sunday by the contractors and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the company said...."
Reference: www.foxnews.com .
Sea-Based Missile Defense "...The United States Navy plans to deploy a fleet of 18 cruisers and destroyers equipped to engage missiles from the sea before the end of the decade. Multiple theater commanders want and need the assets...."
Reference: www.americanprogress.org .
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GOP calls for larger military, missile defense development"... development and deployment of national and theater missile defenses is a top priority, and call for continued reform of the weapons acquisition process. “Effective, layered missile defenses are critical to guard against the unpredictable actions of rogue regimes and outlaw states ..."
Article Reference: www.armytimes.com
TERRY EVERETT: Missile defense shield good for America "...It has been a long and difficult climb, but today we are actually implementing a basic missile defense system that spans across North America to the Pacific Ocean and now into Europe. The U.S. has key radar and missile interceptor sites in California and Alaska...."
Reference: www.prattvilleprogress.com .
Missile defense backers now cite Russia threat "...WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. outrage over Russia's invasion of Georgia could prompt Congress to speed up plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe...."
Reference: ap.google.com .
Polish PM to visit future missile defense site "...It will be the first visit by Prime Minister Donald Tusk to the former military airport in the village of Redzikowo, on the Baltic Sea coast, where an American base with 10 missile interceptors is to be built just 115 miles from Russia's westernmost frontier...."
Reference: www.usatoday.com .
Huntsville - Mid to Senior Level Analyst/Engineer
Missile Employment Spotlight: Miltec Ground Test Execution "...Interfacing with the GMD Prime Contractor, the OTAs and Warfighters, component product offices, the Combined Test Force (CTF), Missile Defense Agency test groups and GMT personnel..."
Reference: www.miltecextranet.com .
Ending an apparent freeze on providing arms to the island, the deal comes at a time of warming cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.
"...The Department of Defense has given the go-ahead for the purchase of 60 Harpoon Air Launch missiles made by McDonnell Douglas Corp. for delivery in 2009, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported Wednesday..."
Reference: www.latimes.com .
"...the KE-ASAT program persisted throughout the 1990s, and hardware was even displayed as recently as 2005, despite the fact that the project had officially been canceled. Both the Pentagon and successive presidential administrations did not want the program, but the KE-ASAT kept rising from the dead because year after year Congress earmarked money for it...."
Reference: www.thespacereview.com .
By George F. Will
The Devils in His Details "...Iran is developing a missile inventory capable of delivering nuclear weapons the development of which will not be halted by Obama's promised "aggressive personal diplomacy." Yet Obama has vowed to "cut investments in unproven missile defense systems...."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .
Air Force Base Security Says Objector Violated “Ban and Bar”
"...The missile, a nuclear-capable vehicle with capacity for three warheads, deployed three test reentry vehicles, which reached their Pacific Ocean targets near Kwajalein Atoll..."
Reference: www.independent.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 .
Cities of Slupsk, Poland and Huntsville, Alabama Open Partnership Prior to Polish Prime Minster Tusk's Visit to Missile Defense Site "..."Slupsk and its nearby region will be host to the US 10 two-stage ground- based defensive interceptors site that was agreed upon between Poland and the United States. Huntsville, Alabama has the most prominent engineering community for missile defense technology in the United States."..."
Reference: www.marketwatch.com .
Briefing on the Missile Defense Agreement Between the U.S. and Poland "...in the missile defense agreement, this is an agreement that covers things such as how the base would be operated, what the respective roles of the different parties would be and their rights; for instance, requirements that the United States has undertaken where we’ve committed not to conduct flight tests of the ballistic missile defense interceptors that would be stationed there out of that site. This wasn’t something we intended to do, but obviously this will fall on a populated area, so it’s an area of concern. Issues of command and control, protection of the environment, how access to the base will be governed, security of the base – things of that nature are covered in the ballistic missile defense agreement...."
Reference: www.state.gov .
