Lots to cover today: Airborne Laser (ABL) Passes Milestone Russia Declares for the Moon “by 2025” More Questions About the Bulava SLBM S-400 Triumf (SA-21) Production/Deployment Problems Second SS-27/Topol-M Battalion to Deploy By Year’s End More below the fold…
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India and Israel – Joint Medium-Range Naval SAM Development: Following in the footsteps of a February announcement of joint development of a naval long-range surface-to-air missile comes the announcement that a medium-range variant will also be jointly developed. As with the long-range variant, the MR version will be based on the Israeli-developed Barak…
An SM-3 launched from the USS DECATUR (DDG 73) successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target with a separating warhead* late yesterday in a test off Hawaii. Participating in the test were the USS PORT ROYAL and for the first time, a NATO partner, Spain, with the Aegis-equipped frigate Mendez Nunez (F-104). This was…
Yesterday, the Russians provided their official response to the US and Czech/Polish plans to place elements of the BMDS in the Czech republic and Poland. YHS has manged to obtain a copy of the document provided US representatives and is providing it FYI: After the round of posts the past few weeks leading up to…
I continue to be amazed (though I really shouldn’t by now) at the volume of email that is generated over the course of a generic three-day weekend. This past weekend was no exception to that rule either – especially as the miserly mailbox sizes set by the sysadmins is, well, miserly, one must spend the…
(Part II of the series – Part I (ICBM Fundamentals) may be found here) Musudan, North Korea: 0307Z 31 August 1998. On the pad stands an intelligence surprise – a three-stage developmental ICBM which on this day, will attempt to place a small satellite on orbit, broadcasting the immortal hymns of The Dear Leader….
In order to accurately discuss ballistic missile defense we need to ensure a common base understanding of the fundamentals – the physics, technology and classification of ballistics missiles and their flight regime. Definition – Ballistic Missile: A missile that is guided (powered) in the ascent portion of a high arch-trajectory and freely falling in…
Catching up from last week – Thursday another test of the AEGIS BMD system was successfully completed with the conclusion of FTM-11 off Hawaii. A test of the AEGIS BMD 3.6, it was a simultaneous shot against a representative SRBM target with a SM-3 Blk 1a with a simultaneous shot against a cruise missile threat…
Well, we’ve heard from Putin, Ivanov and Baluyevsky and now the Foreign Minister weighs in via an article published in London’s Financial Times yesterday under the title “A crucial debate on Europe’s anti-missile defences.†(read the full article here) Several points are laid out which may be taken as the official Russian position and of…
