Missile Defense Critics Cite Countermeasures In Enemy Missiles, But Then Move To Cut Funds For Airborne Laser That Overcomes Countermeasures While Obama Castigates Cold War Systems That Go Unused, Franks Says He Would Be Delighted To See Missile Defense Unused If Enemies Don't Attack While ...

Shorter-Range Missiles Also May Launch North Korea as early as Saturday plans to launch a missile that it says will orbit a satellite, but which many military analysts say will be a Taepo Dong-2 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching targets in North America. In its last ...

Boeing Briefs On Satellites, Missile Defense, Others Northrop, NASA Detail LCROSS The world space economy increased by almost 2.5 percent, or $6 billion, to $257 billion last year, amidst the deepest global economic downturn in more than half a century, a Space Foundation report stated. The Space ...

The Aegis weapon control system and Standard Missile interceptors took down two missiles simultaneously, in an exercise called Stellar Daggers. Interceptors from the USS Benfold (DDG 65) took out a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) in its terminal phase of flight, and a low-flying anti-ship ...

Updated -- March 28, 2009 - 12:25 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 15 Mission: STS-119 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 7:43 p.m. EDT Landing Date: ...

By Emelie Rutherford Two senior lawmakers told Missile Defense Agency stakeholders yesterday more anti-missile capabilities are needed for protecting forward-deployed troops, yet said they will insist on thorough testing before advancing longer-term missile-defense systems. Senate Armed Services ...

Space Shuttle Discovery To Return To Kennedy At 1:14 P.M. ET Saturday; President Obama Chats With Crew Shuttle, Station Have To Dodge Debris In Cluttered Space Environment Spacewalking astronauts attached the final major segment to the giant International Space Station and unfurled immense solar ...

North Korea Poses A Threat To Allies; Its Missile Launch Violates U.N. Rule; Even Satellite Launch Shows Korean Threat Multilayered U.S. Missile Defense System Seen as 'Critical': General's Assessment Senior military officers told Congress there is a high probability that U.S. missile defense ...

Chilton: Cyber Hackers, Foes, Penetrate Military Computer Systems; New Nuclear Weapons Needed To Thwart Terror Thieves U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs deter threats and therefore should be continued, since successful tests last year increase confidence that missile defense works in ...

GMD Foes Say It Hasn't Been Tested Against Countermeasures, But Then They Knock ABL Which Nails Missiles Despite Countermeasures As a full-scale battle opens this year over funding for missile defense systems, disconnects have arisen in arguments advanced by those pushing to slash funds for those ...