Leadership Quote for Today

"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home."
Cicero

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North Korea fires sixth missile and restarts nuclear plant

North Korea fires sixth missile and restarts nuclear plant
"...a night-time missile launch had been carried out on Tuesday and that there are signs of imminent further launches along the rogue state's West coast. The latest missile brings the total number of launches to six in the past three days. The North has warned that it may continue to launch missiles..."
Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Boeing issues another 300 layoff notices

Boeing issues another 300 layoff notices
"...Spokesman Tim Healy says Boeing has cut the work force by 1,900 positions since November and left another 1,000 positions unfilled...."
Reference: www.businessweek.com

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Quote for Today

"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
-Thucydides

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2009 Bronx terrorism plot

2009 Bronx terrorism plot
"...In April 2009, Cromitie and his three alleged accomplices chose their targets. They allegedly planned to both bomb the Riverdale Temple and nearby Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, and, using Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles, shoot down military planes flying out of a nearby air base...."
Reference: en.wikipedia.org

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Defense cuts no threat to BRAC, chairman says

Defense cuts no threat to BRAC, chairman says
"...not change plans to relocate thousands of government jobs to Redstone Arsenal..."
Reference: www.al.com

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Iran announces new missile test

Iran announces new missile test
"...Iran announced Wednesday that it had successfully tested another Sajil missile -- a new generation of surface-to surface missiles...."
Reference: www.cnn.com

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Huntsville Engineer Talks About Proposed Missile Defense Cuts

Huntsville Engineer Talks About Proposed Missile Defense Cuts
"...Mike Hubler is a human factors engineer. He's also a husband and father. Those factors have kept him following the news relating to federal budget cuts and missile defense. "It seems to me that missile defense has become increasingly important. It's a concern to me that it is one of places being cut just at a time when we see countries who are closer, and closer to having the nuclear capabilities," said Mike Hubler.
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Reference: www.whnt.com

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U.S. missile defense information found in disk bought on eBay

U.S. missile defense information found in disk bought on eBay
"...Specifically, test launch procedures for the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) ground-to-air missile defense system were contained on the disk,..."
Reference: www.scmagazineus.com

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Leadership Quote for Today

"In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power."

Sun Tzu

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Missile Defense in the News

Republicans Firing...
"...some Somali Sinbad realized that Mr. Obama had cut back on missile defense, showing the United States' weakness, and so decided to attack...."
Reference: www.nytimes.com

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Obama’s Missile Defense Conundrum

Obama’s Missile Defense Conundrum
"...One of the major missile defense programs on the chopping block is the Airborne Laser (ABL) system. This energy directed weapon is used to shoot down a long-range missile shortly after launch–the point at which a missile is most vulnerable. Another casualty looks to be the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) program..."
Reference: blog.heritage.org

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Israel, US Will Hold Massive Joint Exercise

Juniper Cobra

Israel, US Will Hold Massive Joint Exercise
"...The Israel Air Force’s Air Defense Division, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Military’s European Command (EUCOM) have held the Juniper Cobra exercise for the past five years. The upcoming exercise is planned to be the most complex and extensive yet...."
Reference: thebulletin.us

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U.S. lawmakers react to Missile Defense cuts

U.S. lawmakers react to Missile Defense cuts
"...Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced major cuts to defense spending including reducing the budget for the Missile Defense Agency by $1.4 billion. Gates said he does not propose to increase the number of ground-based interceptors in Alaska as had been planned. ..."
Reference: www.ktva.com

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Obama Cuts Missile Defense

Gates under fire for deep defence cuts
"...Robert Gates yesterday launched war against the defence industrial complex by scrapping big defence programmes, in a move that saw the defence secretary come under immediate fire from Congress...."
Reference: www.ft.com

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Israel fears US budget cuts may hurt missile defense

Israel fears US budget cuts may hurt missile defense
"...The new missile, which is in its development stages in an Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) factory, should also be able to intercept ballistic missiles in heights of more than 100 kilometers (i.e. outside the atmosphere)...."
Reference: www.ynetnews.com

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North Korea launch could arm Pentagon suppliers

North Korea launch could arm Pentagon suppliers
"...Backers of a fledgling U.S. anti-missile shield lost no time pressing Gates to re-think any plans to trim spending on missile-defense, for instance. At roughly $10 billion a year, it is the Pentagon's costliest arms development program...."
Reference: uk.reuters.com

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UN Security Council Adjourns Without Response to North Korea Rocket Launch

UN Security Council Adjourns Without Response to North Korea Rocket Launch
"...North Korea launched the rocket on Sunday, despite international diplomatic efforts to persuade it not to. Several countries, including the United States, believe the rocket was a cover for a long-range ballistic missile test...."
Reference: www.voanews.com

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False Alarm Sounded Saturday in Japan over North Korean Missile Launch

False Alarm Sounded Saturday in Japan over North Korean Missile Launch
"...It announced at 12:16 p.m. local time Saturday North Korea had fired the rocket. The report was immediately aired on national broadcast networks and local authorities activated their emergency responses in areas where it was feared debris from stages of the missile could fall. ..."
Reference: www.voanews.com

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North Korea vows to shoot down US spy planes, upping threats

North Korea vows to shoot down US spy planes, upping threats
"...North Korea has a warning for US spy planes: Stop circling the site of the missile the North is planning to launch. “Should US warplanes dare to perpetrate aerial espionage,” North Korea’s state radio warned Wednesday, “our revolutionary forces will shoot them down.”..."
Reference: features.csmonitor.com

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North Korea Threatens War Against Japan Over Missile

North Korea Threatens War Against Japan Over Missile
"...Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on March 27 ordered his forces to shoot down any North Korean object entering his country’s airspace and deployed guided-missile units around Tokyo. ..."
Reference: www.bloomberg.com

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No U.S. Plans to Stop Korea on Missile Test

No U.S. Plans to Stop Korea on Missile Test
"...An independent security think-tank released satellite images on Sunday that it said confirmed the presence of the Taepondong-2 missile on the North’s Musudan-ri launch pad. The content of the photos, analyzed by the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, had not yet been confirmed by the Defense Department by Monday, but they echoed South Korean news reports last week that said the missile had been put in place...."
Reference:www.nytimes.com

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2nd, 19th SOPS assume control of new GPS satellite

2nd, 19th SOPS assume control of new GPS satellite
"...The satellite, named GPS IIR-20(M), is the 34th satellite in the GPS constellation, which provides precise navigation and timing data to military and civilian customers around the world...."
Reference: www.schriever.af.mil via GPS News Report

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kinetic energy interceptor

Missile Defense Technology

Missile Defense Technology
"...Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI): Highly mobile, the kinetic energy interceptor is dubbed the next generation of missile defense due to its ability to ..."
Reference: www.cfr.org

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The Cost of Missile Defense is a Small Price to Pay for a Very High Dividend

The Cost of Missile Defense is a Small Price to Pay for a Very High Dividend
"...Missile defense programs are a cost-effective example. Derided in the 1980s as fanciful “star wars,” few defense experts today question whether anti-ballistic missile technologies like the “GMD” system (Ground-based Midcourse Defense, a system of systems that includes other missile defenses) can destroy nuclear missiles from North Korea and Iran. ..."
Reference: www.hawaiireporter.com

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