Missile Project Under Pressure

Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS),
Missile Project Under Pressure

"...The Pentagon and its European partners are weighing the fate of a multibillion-dollar effort to replace the Patriot missile-defense system amid the U.S. defense secretary's drive to cut costs...."

Reference: wsj.com .

U.S. Contractors Employed Taliban

U.S. Contractors Employed Taliban

"...The inquiry singles out two security firms—ArmorGroup, a subsidiary of U.K.-based G4S PLC, and EOD Technology Inc., or EODT, of Lenoir City, Tenn.—for relying on dubious local power brokers, including individuals described in U.S. military reports as Taliban affiliates and criminals...."

Reference: online.wsj.com .

Drone attacks 'linked' to suspected Europe terror plot

Drone attacks 'linked' to suspected Europe terror plot

"...Officials have linked a recent increase in US drone missile attacks in Pakistan to efforts to disrupt a suspected al-Qaeda plot to attack European targets...."

Reference: www.bbc.co.uk .

Phone app that tracks planes 'is aid to terrorists armed with missiles'

Phone app that tracks planes 'is aid to terrorists armed with missiles'

"...a serious terrorist threat and should be banned, according to a security expert.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317320/iPhone-app-tracks-planes-aid-terrorists-armed-missiles.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz11GwreOuL..."

Reference: www.dailymail.co.uk .

Pakistani / al-Qaeda Area Missile Strikes

US mulls Europe travel warning

"...But the Pakistani government is believed to assist in at least some of the missile attacks, although the US does not publicly acknowledge the existence of the covert, CIA-run operation...."

Reference: aljazeera.net .

India's Prithvi-II missile fails to launch

India's Prithvi-II missile fails to launch

"...part of a series being conducted for the military, which has already inducted the missile into its arsenal..."

Reference: www.upi.com .

United States and Israel Sign Project Agreement for the David's Sling Defensive Weapon System

United States and Israel Sign Project Agreement for the David's Sling Defensive Weapon System

"...The David's Sling Weapon System Project Agreement will advance efforts to develop an Israeli capability against short-range and theater ballistic missiles, large-caliber rockets, and cruise missiles. Included in the project is the continued development of the Stunner Interceptor to provide lower-tier intercept capability for Israel's multi-layered missile defense system. David's Sling will also address the threat posed by the types of inexpensive and easily-produced short-range missiles and rockets used during the 2006 Lebanon War, and will also advance low-altitude intercept technology and provide that technology to benefit U.S. and Israeli industry...."

Reference: www.mda.mil .

Pentagon Reaches Out to China's Military

Pentagon Reaches Out to China's Military

"...start establishing a more-permanent platform to discuss issues such as nuclear arms and ballistic-missile defenses ..."

Reference: wsj.com .

Cyber Attack

A Silent Attack, but Not a Subtle One

"...Computer security specialists have speculated that once inside the factory and within the software that controls equipment, the worm reprogrammed centrifuges made by a specific company, Siemens, to make them fail in a way that would be virtually undetectable. Whether the program achieved its goal is not known. ..."

Reference: www.nytimes.com .

Iran to make its own anti-aircraft missile system – defense minister

Iran to make its own anti-aircraft missile system – defense minister

"...“We will build a long-range anti-aircraft missile system analogous to S-300,” Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said. ..."

Reference: www.itar-tass.com .

Russia Signs Decree To Ban S-300 Air Defense Missiles To Iran

Russia Signs Decree To Ban S-300 Air Defense Missiles To Iran

"...Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday banned selling S-300 air defense missiles to Iran...."

Reference: www.allheadlinenews.com .

Hizbullah missile test in Iran

Report: Hizbullah successfully tests new missile in Iran

"...According to the report, the Iranian missile, which was displayed with great pride in Teheran less than a month ago, has a maximum range of 200 kilometers. This means it is capable of reaching Jerusalem and Ashdod..."

Reference: www.jpost.com .

New Laser Hides Aircraft From Missiles

New Laser Hides Aircraft From Missiles

"..."We've used good, old-fashioned stuff from your telephone network to build a laser that has no moving parts," said Mohammed Islam, a scientist at the University of Michigan who developed this new laser-based missile defense system...."

Reference: discovery.com .

Update on Airborne Laser Test Bed Experiment

Update on Airborne Laser Test Bed Experiment

"...The Agency plans to resume flight experiments beginning with tests of the software repair on September 13 leading to a lethal shootdown experiment involving a solid-fuel target missile by the end of this month. A mid-October experiment is in the planning stages that will involve lasing a solid-fuel missile at three times the range of last February’s successful destruction of a liquid-fuel missile. ..."

Reference: www.mda.mil .

Unarmed ICBM launched from Vandenberg

Unarmed ICBM launched from Vandenberg

"...military says the missile blasted off at 3:03 a.m. Friday, and its single re-entry test vehicle traveled approximately 5,300 miles to a target ..."

Reference: www.airforcetimes.com .

Launch Delay

Minuteman III Launch Re-Scheduled

"...Neither the missile nor any missile launch mechanisms at Vandenberg are the cause of the delay, officials said..."

Reference: www.keyt.com .

West needs new missile shield against Iranian nuclear threat, Nato chief says

Nato's Secretary-General has urged the construction of a new missile defence system to protect Europe from the threat of Iranian nuclear attack.
West needs new missile shield against Iranian nuclear threat, Nato chief says

"...Some will see the plan for a new missile shield as a tacit admission that America has rejected the risky option of launching air attacks on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, and given up hopes of deterring Iran from building a bomb..."

Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk .

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 .

U.N. report says Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium

U.N. report says Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium

"...according to the report, including the possible "development of a nuclear payload for a missile."

The report estimates that Iran has accumulated about 2.8 tons of low-enriched uranium..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

Missile strike?

Suspected US missile attack kills 5 alleged militants in NW Pakistan; 4th attack in 24 hours

"...west of Miran Shah town, a hub for local and international militants in the North Waziristan region...."

Reference: www.todayonline.com .

Garden Isle missile site will expand

Garden Isle missile site will expand

"...part of a layered US ballistic missile defense that includes bigger, more powerful ground-based interceptors in California and Alaska...."

Reference: www.staradvertiser.com .

Taiwan to deploy new missile defence system by 2015

Taiwan to deploy new missile defence system by 2015

"...Taiwan will deploy a new missile defence system by 2015 to protect bases from any attack by rival China, an official said on Wednesday, a sign that military distrust still runs deep despite a thaw in trade ties...."

Reference: reuters.com .

Russia: Missile Tests to Resume Within Weeks

Russia: Missile Tests to Resume Within Weeks

"...Test launches of the Bulava missile were put on hold last year after a series of failed launches..."

Reference: www.voanews.com .

Barak to head to Moscow to prevent missile sale to Syria

Barak to head to Moscow to prevent missile sale to Syria

"...particularly concerned over a deal to supply Syria with advanced supersonic P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles that would pose a serious threat to Israel Navy ships if transferred to Hizbullah. ..."

Reference: www.jpost.com .

[PDF] Targets & Countermeasures Realistic Missile Defense Testing

[PDF]
Targets & Countermeasures Realistic Missile Defense Testing

"...Lockheed Martin integrates and continues to launch legacy target missiles
for a portion of the MDA’s tests while developing the next-generation of targets –
Launch Vehicle-2 (LV-2). LV-2 is an intermediate to long range target that will
replace one-of-a-kind legacy targets...."

Reference: www.lockheedmartin.com

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