ballistic missile defense

View: https://x.com/masao_dahlgren/status/1933595883410440421 Like a game of Missile Command. Also drives home the difference between the missiles we typically see landing in Ukraine and those coming from Iran. The Iranian missiles are glowing due to their higher speed (because they had to...

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I just read the "top level budget proposal" linked here: https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phase-out-sls-and-orion-scale-back-iss-operations/ (it was suggested by Flyaway in post #98 of the thread White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent). In the...

https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/04/21/boeing-looks-to-existing-production-lines-for-golden-dome-pitch/

The first Chinese ballistic missile is short-range ballistic missile in fist made in China is Dongfeng-1, it produced in 1960, It is copycat of V-2 and SS-2 missiles. It is response from Soviet cut support and American embargo on PRC. DF-1 is first test on 5 November 1960 and now retired in...

Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces. The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...

The U.S. Army was assigned in 2023 to lead the acquisition and execution plan for the Guam architecture, mention of Patriot, THAAD, SM-3, IFPC and the MRC/Typhon launcher for SM-6 & Tomahawk. Defense News August 20 "The Pentagon is shipping new pieces to Guam’s air-defense puzzle" interview...

The US Navy in the 1980s deployed an impressive range of non-AEGIS cruisers. Long Beach was the largest and oldest of the nuclear ships and the only one to start life as a cruiser. The remainder started as frigates then became DLGNs. Bainbridge and Truxtun were one-offs followed in the 70s by 2...

I'm trying to track down references to an SDI test that I'm pretty sure used the MIRCL laser and SeaLite beam director. The test is mentioned here: https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1106/zstar3.html I recall this being on the nightly newscasts. After much hype about SDI, little had occurred and...

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA265VN0W2A820C2000000/ In the record breaking 5.6 trillion yen 2023FY budget request, the Japanese MoD has put in a request for a class of 2 new ships to utilize the SPY-7 systems originally planned to be used as AEGIS Ashore systems. The current outline...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsuBR6qYLRI Amazing how fast South Korea is moving to offset NK threats.

Is the Korean system fully indigenous?

https://www.drewexmachina.com/the-ramos-russian-american-observation-satellite-program/

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2019/10/11/new-missile-warning-satellites-pass-design-test/ https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/05/19/northrop-grumman-receives-24-billion-for-two-missile-defense-satellites/...

"Trump unveils Missile Defense Review, promises funding for space sensors in 2020" by Sandra Erwin — January 17, 2019 Source: https://spacenews.com/trump-unveils-missile-defense-review-promises-funding-for-space-sensors-in-2020/

Just starting a generic thread here to discuss possibilities and programs. Saw the following in an AvWeek article: "These include a new family of interceptor missiles called SkyFire proposed by Raytheon; hypervelocity projectiles designed by General Atomics, Boeing and BAE Systems; a laser gun...

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/09/13/secretive-study-on-french-italian-naval-cooperation-kicks-off-as-stx-dispute-lingers-source/

From the early 2000s (announced 2001), this one used MESAR technology, I assume its the end result of the notional ABM configurations mentioned here. I am guessing that the numbers after EWACS refer to the number of modules...? Images from...

ERINT-1 ERINT (Extended Range Interceptor) was a part of the Strategic Defense Initiative’s Theater Missile Defense Program. The US Army contracted for a prototype missile and launch control system to defend against cruise missiles, aircraft, ballistic and tactical missiles. The capability was...

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/169661/israel-mod-confirms-arrow-3-test-success.html "This morning, the Ministry of Defense along with the US Missile Defense Agency, conducted the first successful test using the "Arrow 3" defense system designated for interception of...