Saturday at the Movies: 33 Minutes

BySteeljawscribe 2 May 20091 May 2009

Continuing the missile defense theme from the stand-up of the NAMDC, offered here is a new trailer for the Heritage Foundation film on the need for missile defense:

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USS Lake Erie – MARK INDIA
BySteeljawscribe 21 February 200828 March 2010

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…

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The Missiles of Winter (III) â€“ Proliferation Controls
BySteeljawscribe 26 February 200926 February 2009

Previous in series: The Missiles of Winter (I): International Conventions The Missiles of Winter – Part II: Rampant Proliferation Pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites.Â The raw material is a very fine dark grey to black powder – processed, the densityÂ ranges from 1.72 to 2.2 g/cc,Â with the latter being the case for pyrolytic graphite….

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Aegis BMD: “Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot”
BySteeljawscribe 16 March 201016 March 2010

Rear Admiral Meyer’s philosophy of “Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot” drove the testing and milestones of the Aegis system. Having witnessed problems with existing missile systems related to a lack of testing, tests that incorporated too many objectives, and failed system integration efforts requiring massive “get well” programs, he drove the…

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Geopolitics | history lessons | Missile Defense | Nuclear weapons

DPRK and Long Range Missiles: Here We Go Again
BySteeljawscribe 2 June 20092 June 2009

Looks like the missiles of spring are coming back for return engagement this summer: SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea may this month test a missile designed to fly as far as U.S. territory and may also be gearing up for skirmishes with the South around their disputed sea border, South Korean media reported on Monday….

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Tuesday’s Roll-up of Missile News and Notes
BySteeljawscribe 13 February 200728 February 2010

Missile and other news and notes from around the â€˜sphere: MANPADs vs Helos Lots of concern/interest in countering the MANPAD (MAN Portable Air Defense) missiles in the wake of increased helo loses these past couple of weeks. While the CH-46 loss that has gained so much coverage appears to have been mechanical in nature (Update:…

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Air Warfare | Geopolitics | history lessons | Joint Warfare | Missile Defense | Navy

This Week on MIDRATS: “Let’s Talk Missiles” – UPDATED
BySteeljawscribe 21 July 201222 July 2012

` Join us for Midrats this Sunday, 22 July 2012 on blogtalk radio, where the topic is missiles – ballistic and cruise; and your humble scribe is the guest.Â Seven months into this year and we have seen much on this front.Â Pick a theater and you will find ballistic and cruise missiles are at…

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virfgil xenophon says:

2 May 2009 at 23:04

Couldn’t help but notice on your comments over at the NI blog about passing an old Nike site every day. One of my 1st cousins (WP’43) commanded the Army Nike Ajax/Hercules site on San Pablo Ridge overlooking SF, CA in 1960 as an Army LTC, made O-6 out of it. Of course all that went away and the sealed site is now part of a Nat. Park with tours–and under the gaze of covetous real-estate interests.

Now we talk of upgrading/reconstituting the whole concept everybody once said was obsolete. Everything old is new again…
virgil xenophon says:

2 May 2009 at 23:11

LOL Had to post again just so the computer would remember the correct spelling of my nom de plume.

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