Missile Defense

Hezbolla katyusha luncher destroyed by IDF …Bust…

BySteeljawscribe 19 July 200617 January 2010

Hezbolla katyusha luncher destroyed by IDF

…Busted.

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Wednesday’s Roll-up of Missile Defense News
BySteeljawscribe 10 March 201011 March 2010

Two items of note for today’s summary — France may be seriously studying missile defense and Russia’s at it again (re. European Phase Adaptive Approach – PAA). Parlez-vous la DÃ©fense de Missile Balistique ? A recent 65-page study on BMD, written by three members of Parliament at a think tank linked to the National Assembly…

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Geopolitics | history lessons | Missile Defense | Nuclear weapons

New START – “YES”
BySteeljawscribe 20 December 2010

On 13 April 2010, the Presidents of the United States and Russia signed the collection of agreements and protocols which aggregated have been popularly called “New START,” following on the heels of the first START treaty, signed by President Bush and Secretary Gorbachev in July 1991, and the Moscow, signed by Presidents George W. Bush…

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Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Missile Defense | Naval Warfare | Navy

The Sinking of the INS EILAT: 50th Anniversary of the First Surface to Surface Engagement with ASCM’s
BySteeljawscribe 21 October 201721 October 2017

The following is an extract of a larger work I am preparing on fifty years of ASCM combat use and hopefully will be available in the coming year. – SJS Forces – Israel. The INS EILAT (K40) was originally commissioned in 1944 as the HMS ZEALOUS, a Z-class destroyer that saw extensive action as convoy…

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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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Foreign Ballistic Missiles – Capabilities and Threat Guide
BySteeljawscribe 15 May 2009

We’ve talked about it here before, the threat that is.Â Now comes an openÂ source, current publication you can use for citations and the like: Ballistic missile capabilities continue to increase with the proliferation of missile technology. Over 20 countries have ballistic missile systems and it is likely that missiles will be a threat in…

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Required Reading: Naval War College Review Articles on China’s DF-21/ASBM
BySteeljawscribe 15 November 200915 November 2009

A few of usÂ (here and over at Galrahn‘s site) have been banging the drum for the last few years re. the potential threat posed by China’s ASBM (Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile) which appears to be a variant of the DF-21 (itself, an apparent derivative of the Pershing II MRBM).Â There has been limited releasable (e.g.,…

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