Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Sea-based BMD and the Maritime Strategy

July 30th, 2008 4 Comments

Deterrence. Preventing war is preferable to fighting wars. Deterring aggression must be viewed in global, regional, and transnational terms via conventional, unconventional, and nuclear means. Effective Theater Security Cooperation activities are a form of extended deterrence, creating security and removing conditions for conflict. Maritime ballistic missile defense will enhance deterrence by providing an umbrella of [...]

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SM-2 Successfully Intercepts SRBM

June 6th, 2008 9 Comments

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 descended [...]

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India Presses Homegrown Missile Defense

March 27th, 2008 No Comments

So your one neighbor, Pakistan, possesses nuclear weapons and is working assiduously on short- and medium-range missiles, no doubt with nuclear delivery in mind as part of a deterrent package against your own nuclear forces.  China, with whom you share a fairly long (and disputed) border has also been engaged in building a modern force of short- [...]

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Implementing the Maritime Strategy - Japan/U.S. Missile Defense Flight Test Successful

December 17th, 2007 5 Comments

 
JDS Kongo arrives in Pearl Harbor for JFTM-01  
 

 
Deterrence. Deterring aggression must be viewed in global, regional, and transnational terms via conventional, unconventional, and nuclear means. Effective Theater Security Cooperation activities are a form of extended deterrence, creating security and removing conditions for conflict. Maritime ballistic missile defense will enhance deterrence by providing an umbrella of [...]

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