"Sites all over the island and permanent airspace closures will be part of turning Guam into a fortress unlike any other. ...set to gain as many as 20 new air defense sites packed with surface-to-air interceptors, radars, and more as part of a massive defensive upgrade plan. Overall, the island looks set to become the most densely protected place anywhere on the planet."
Reference: www.thedrive.com .
"...The test will involve the Navy’s Aegis weapon system deployed to Guam and the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, Rear Adm. Doug Williams said. He is serving as the acting director while the nominated director, Maj. Gen. Heath Collins, awaits Senate confirmation. Williams is the agency’s director of testing. The first wave of defenses designed to counter complex missile threats against Guam will include..."
Reference: www.defensenews.com .
"...“It now appears you have something to hide, otherwise a forthright response to the Committee’s patient and numerous requests would have already come,” Rogers said in what he said was his fifth attempt to retrieve the documentation. “If you fail to adequately respond, I will be forced to seek a subpoena for the relevant documents we have requested on multiple occasions, and to seek your compelled appearance.” He called on Kendall and Dickinson to provide the remaining documents and schedule interviews with House Armed Services Committee staff no later than Aug. 9. The letter comes on the heels of the White House’s July 31 announcement that it would permanently base Space Command at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs. The move reverses a 2021 Air Force decision to locate the headquarters in Huntsville, Ala., which is home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. ..."
Reference: www.c4isrnet.com .
"...SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Space Operations Command officially transferred ownership of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program Space Vehicle 2 to Space Systems Command last month after declaring mission complete. Having surpassed the end of its design life, ownership of SV2 was transferred to SSC to make way for new more advanced technology in the space domain. ..."
Reference: www.spoc.spaceforce.mil .
""A modernized and well-equipped army is a guarantee of our security which is why we are constantly strengthening [the] Polish Army using the possibilities of the Polish arms industry," said Poland's minister of defense, Mariusz Blaszczak. ...Poland has formally issued a contract to buy two 340 Airborne Early Warning aircraft from Swedish manufacturer Saab, the company said today, in a deal worth approximately SEK 600 million ($58 million USD)... ."
Reference: breakingdefense.com .
"President Joe Biden has moved to keep United States Space Command in Colorado, according to reports from the Associated Press. The move overturns a decision made by the Air Force that selected Huntsville as the preferred home for the military command. ...the House Armed Services Committee, said Huntsville remains the best place for Space Command. “It is clear to anyone who has looked at the facts: Huntsville, Alabama is the best place for U.S. Space Command Headquarters. Repeated investigations and objective reviews have proven that to be the case. It is shameful that the Biden Administration is ignoring what is best for our nation’s security and is instead using their woke agenda to make this decision. To this point, the administration has refused to answer questions brought forth by the House Armed Services Committee’s investigation of their actions in this process. If they think this will go away… they are wrong. I will ensure they have to explain their actions and answer our questions on the record. I want to thank Chairman Mike Rogers and the entire Alabama delegation, as we stand united to get answers for Alabamians.” ..."
Reference: whnt.com .
" "The [Biden] Administration strongly opposes section 1662, which would expand U.S. homeland missile defense policy in a way that would signal intent to develop U.S. homeland missile defenses to counter large intercontinental-range, nuclear missiles threats such as those fielded by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Russia," the White House said. Asked by VOA how expanding U.S. homeland missile defense policy would undermine strategic deterrence, the White House did not respond before publication of this report. ...The [Biden] administration also strongly opposes a section of the proposed NDAA that calls for the Pentagon and the Missile Defense Agency to execute a program to achieve initial operational capability of a Glide Phase Interceptor, a weapon that could defeat any known hypersonic missile, by December 31, 2029. ..."
Reference: www.voanews.com .
"A simple typo reportedly directed millions of emails with sensitive information to the African country...As a result, everything from diplomatic documents, tax returns, passwords and travel details of top officers has been exposed...“This risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the US,” he wrote to the outlet."
Reference: www.militarytimes.com .
"Nancy Jones-Bonbrest of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said that after completion, the Aegis Ashore Poland base would undergo final testing by the US Navy, after which it would become the US's second anti-missile land base in Europe, marking the end of the final phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPPA). The EPPA is part of a NATO anti-missile system designed to protect the continent against short, medium, and intermediate-range missiles from Iran. ..."
Reference: Telewizja Polska S.A. .
"Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, firing shots at one of them, the U.S. Navy said.
It said that in both cases, the Iranian naval vessels backed off after the U.S. Navy responded to distress signals, and that both commercial ships continued their voyages.
"The Iranian navy did make attempts to seize commercial tankers lawfully transiting international waters," said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. "The U.S. Navy responded immediately and prevented those seizures."..."
"Retired engineers are being called up to help make Stinger missiles. ...Raytheon is reportedly calling engineers out of retirement to manufacture the missile for Ukraine's forces. ...weapons must be made the same way they were four decades ago. "We were bringing back retired employees that are in their 70s," he told the outlet, stating that they were using decades-old blueprints. ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com .
"According to news reports, Biden is prepared to authorize billions of dollars in payments to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. prisoners, a halt to militia attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, a moratorium on ballistic-missile sales to Russia, and a freeze on uranium enrichment at 60 percent (90 percent enriched uranium is considered weapons-grade). Biden will say this perverse arrangement is necessary to free innocents and prevent the outbreak of war. What he won’t be able to do is call it a deal. ..."
Reference: www.msn.com .
"...Associated work on the THAAD 5.0 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment will be done at Lockheed MFC’s Grand Prairie, Texas, location through Dec. 31, 2025, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The defense contractor received the contract following an online solicitation, under which it was the sole bidder. Army Contracting Command used fiscal 2023 missile procurement to obligate the full amount of the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract at the time of the award. ..."
Reference: www.govconwire.com .
"...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 .
The following is a troubling article that again examples the anti-christian, biased Biden administration that's willing to scrap U.S. defense and harm the largest city in Alabama that has already invested in housing, apartments and infrastructure for the already approved action to to move the U.S. Space Command HQ to Huntsville, Alabama.
"...military analysts say. Congressional and defense officials told NBC News that the White House was considering reneging on a Trump administration promise to move Space Command's headquarters to Alabama due to the state's recent abortion laws. ..."
Reference: rocketcityus.blogspot.com .
"...The launch initially prompted the activation of a missile warning system for the southern region. "Missile launch. Missile launch. North Korea appears to have launched a missile. Please take shelters inside buildings or underground," said the alert tweeted by the prime minister's office and carried on national broadcaster NHK...."
Reference: www.barrons.com .
"...The United States has charged a Chinese national for allegedly trying to provide Iran with a material used in the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Xiangjiang Qiao, 39, also known as Joe Hansen, is an employee of the Chinese-based Sinotech Dalian Carbon and Graphite Manufacturing Corporation, which is part of a network of organizations involved in the attempted procurement of materials for Iran's missile program, according to a statement from the Department of Justice. The U.S. placed sanctions on the company in 2014. ...Qiao allegedly participated in a scheme from March 2019 through September 2022 to use his work to supply isostatic graphite to Iran for the production of weapons of mass destruction. ..."
Reference: www.washingtonexaminer.com .
Due to fierce Democrat opposition, our nation never fully built out our missile defense capability and doubled down on nuclear deterrence. We have relied upon our adversaries’ fear that our nuclear weapons could destroy them to deter their use of nuclear weapons against us or our allies. The result has been that our cities and populace remain unprotected from a nuclear attack from Russia or China. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and Iran continue to invest in technologies to expand their capabilities to hit the United States with nuclear weapons. All four countries have also escalated their threatening rhetoric, indicating their willingness to use nuclear weapons in a military conflict.
Reference: www.foxnews.com .
"...Kinzhal is one of six "next generation" weapons that Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled in 2018, claiming that no air defense system in the world can shoot it down. ..."
Reference: interestingengineering.com .
"...Equipment and personnel arrived Sunday at Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost inhabited island, a day after the country’s defense minister ordered the Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, missile-defense system to be deployed there. The move follows North Korea’s announcement Wednesday of its final preparations to launch a “military surveillance satellite..."
Reference: www.stripes.com .
"...Israel’s Defense Ministry also noted that both deals would also need U.S. approval, because the systems have been jointly developed with the United States. In Thursday’s announcement, the ministry said it launched “advanced negotiations” this week with its German counterparts over the purchase of the “Arrow 3,” a system designed to intercept long-range missiles outside the atmosphere. ..."
Reference: abcnews.go.com .
"The TOR-M2, which debuted in 2007, is one of the short-to medium-range missile systems used by Russian forces to take down air targets and precision-guided munitions. The surface-to-air system comes in several variations, with the TOR-M2 being an upgrade of the TOR-M1. The TOR-M2 all-weather system has a range of just under 10 miles, according to Russian state media, and is designed to fight a host of weapons systems including aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, anti-radar missiles, and "smart" bombs. ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com .
"...Work on the $1.2 billion contract for Patriot missile launchers will be performed by Raytheon at several locations in the U.S., including Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, in addition to Germany and Switzerland. The Pentagon estimated that work on the contract will be completed by the end of 2032. ..."
Reference: www.msn.com .
"Hertling, who served as commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe... gave his perspective on where the defense systems could be put to best use by Ukraine. "It's a point defense system," Hertling said. "It's got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like a capital city, Kyiv, or a port city like Odessa. This is not a weapon system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. It has to be placed somewhere to defend it." ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com .
