Ballistic missile defense from the sea – over the last six months the concept has moved further from test and development to operational reality. Demonstrated capabilities are expanding the envelope and being delivered to certain designated ships within the fleet. The question is – in describing these recent advances in ballistic missile defense, including the…
SM-2 Intercept of SRBM 5 Jun 08 Aegis, Sm-2 Interceptors Kill Target Missile In Terminal-Phase Success (DEFENSE DAILY 06 JUN 08) … Dave Ahearn The Aegis weapon control system guided two Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptors that obliterated a target missile in its terminal phase of flight, as the foreign-built unitary Scud-like target missile…
At the end of a very long day/night for YHS (that has stretched into the bright new dawn…): American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2008 – A network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits…
UPDATE: 20 Feb (21 Feb UTC) MARK INDIA – all indications intercept successful. More to follow… In the 24 hours since the press conference announcing the decision to use a special modification of the Aegis BMD/SM-3 system to mitigate risk from the failed NRO satellite, reaction across the ‘verse (net) has been, well, predictable: “It’s…
This is an Aegis Destroyer: This is an Aegis Cruiser: This is an SM-3, launched from an Aegis Cruiser or Destroyer: This is a Delta, used to launch satellites. From land. Not ships. Class over, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
