A single training capability that can be distributed from shooters to the president is the goal of the "All things Missile" initiative from U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in support of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and in partnership with all Combatant Commands (COCOMs), the Missile Defense ...
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Multiple Kill Vehicle Is Dead; Agency Leader Voices 'High Confidence' United States Can Kill Missiles From Iran Or North Korea; U.S.-Israeli Program Mulled President Obama's defense budget plan, released today, drops both U.S. missile defense programs designed to kill enemy missiles just after ...
Tough Battle Ahead, But Not Hopeless, Sessions Says President Obama's plan for dramatic cuts in funding missile defense programs likely will be challenged in the Senate, especially among authorizers on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), but the ultimate fate of those programs will rest ...
O'Reilly Urges Emphasis On Hitting Enemy Missiles In Ascent Phase, But Also Endorses Not Buying Another Airborne Laser Aircraft ABL Needs Design Changes, O'Reilly Says; Existing ABL Shows How To Improve It The ballistic missile threat facing the United States is surging forward, with 5,900 short- ...
Updated -- May 6, 2009 - 8:25 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 11 Mission: STS-125 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 2:01 p.m. EDT Description: Space Shuttle ...
By Geoff Fein The need to move the Navy toward open architecture systems (OA) is an imperative, as the service faces the challenges of the increasing cost to build ships, the need to pace technology change and to maintain mission relevance against changing threat scenarios, according to a top ...
President Doesn't Understand Missile Threat, But Lawmakers Increasingly Comprehend It President Obama's expected cuts in ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs will stagger the effort to protect Americans from missile attacks, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) predicted. Those budget cuts actually will ...
Some 300,000 Pieces Of Space Junk Imperil Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Spacecraft; Exponential Risk Rise Seen Spacecraft operators later this year may gain access to better warnings of space collision dangers posed by thousands of orbiting objects. But it may be many years before a vehicle is ...
United States Must Maintain Leadership In Space, Or Cede Primacy To Other Nations With Rival Ambitions, Report Says; Missile Defense Should Rise $2 Billion Yearly, To $12 Billion The concept of mutual assured destruction that successfully protected the United States from nuclear destruction by the ...
Updated -- May 1, 2009 - 12:50 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR - Missile Defense Agency Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC-2 Launch ...