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"...Obama scaled back the number of interceptors in the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System in Alaska and California from 44 to 30 and decided not to deploy 10 interceptors..."
Reference: www.heritage.org ."...One expert says he has an answer for a video that appears to show an unexplained missile launch off the Southern California coast - there was no missile.
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"...A mysterious missile launch off the southern California coast was caught on video Monday evening by a KCBS news helicopter. The spectacular contrail could easily be seen up in Los Angeles..."
Reference: www.760kfmb.com ."...STSS ATRR was launched May 5, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. STSS ATRR is a small experimental satellite that serves as a pathfinder for prototype sensor technology and future MDA space missions...."
Reference: www.mda.mil .
"...from Kentucky, said on ABC's "This Week" that Social Security, Medicare and defense should also be "on the table."..."
Reference: www.nydailynews.com .
"...Aboard the USS Jason Dunham, a massive missile destroyer flanked with torpedoes and Sea Hawk helicopters, the sailors tell the story of the ship's namesake with somber pride...."
Reference: www.miamiherald.com .
"...NATO Summit scheduled for Nov. 19-20 in Lisbon, to discuss a United States-led proposal to deploy a much-debated missile defense system on Turkish soil...."
Reference: www.hurriyetdailynews.com .
"...Israel Defense Forces will announce Monday an NIS 27 million investment in a new cellular system that will alert citizens in case of a missile attack...."
Reference: www.haaretz.com .
"...One hundred flights are planned to evaluate the missile’s effectiveness in destroying enemy missile radar, with the initial flights to assess missile guidance, internal diagnostics and pre-launch..."
Reference: www.bloomberg.com .
"...The Multipurpose NanoMissile System is designed to be a low-cost launcher using a bi-propellant ethane and nitrous oxide core stage supplemented by multiple strap-on surplus/end-of-life MLRS and ATACMS artillery rockets...."
Reference: satellite.tmcnet.com .
"...the world’s largest missile maker, plans to deliver arms worth $4bn to Saudi Arabia as part of a wider US weapons package..."
Reference: www.arabianbusiness.com ."...The missile was 4- to 5-feet long and had "do not touch, do not move" markings painted on it...."
Reference: www.kswt.com .
"...Specifically, the SM-3 Block IA missile destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile target more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii...."
Reference: seattlepi.com ."..."Having a Raytheon manager in this key position fully leverages our strategic partnership with Raytheon Missile Systems, a critical GMD OEM with whom we have a successful combined track record on a host of missile defense programs..."
Reference: www.marketwatch.com ."...SpaceX already does business with the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command here. SMDC helped establish the SpaceX launch site on Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean, where the company has already launched five rockets...."
Reference: Huntsville Space Professionals ."...stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City while trying to board a flight with a Raytheon laptop computer that had information that he was not authorized to have...."
Reference: www.myfoxboston.com .
"...By 2012, employees under a certain type of plan will see their coinsurance payments rise from 10 to 20% up to the out-of-pocket maximum...."
Reference: topnews.co.uk .
"...former Cold War anti-aircraft missile site is becoming part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge...."
Reference: www.chicagotribune.com .
"...TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that it has succeeded in improving the range of its mid-range missile defense system named as 'Mersad'. ..."
Reference: farsnews.com .
"...A converted Boeing Co 747 equipped with a powerful laser failed to shoot down a mock enemy ballistic missile, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday, the system's second botched flight test in a row...."
Reference: www.reuters.com ."...Two fake heat-seeking Stinger missiles were also found in their car. Prosecutors argued that the defendants thought they were armed with real missiles..."
Reference: www.wnyc.org ."...the U.S. has asked Beijing to do more to stop Chinese companies from providing assistance and expertise to Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons and more powerful missiles. ..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com ."...the enhanced missile stockpile could be capable of devastating 90 per cent of the the self-ruled island's key assets, according to a report published by the Defense Ministry's naval studies journal in July...."
Reference: www.rttnews.com .
"...The vehicle traveled through Green River then went south of I-70 onto the old missile base. The suspect drove the vehicle through a locked gate of the missile base and stopped approximately 500 yards from the base. The suspect exited the vehicle with a handgun and took cover behind his vehicle ..."
Reference: www.ecprogress.com .
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