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Europe Slowly Expands Missile Defense Capabilities
October 24th, 2011 at 3:19 pm » Comments (0)
Here is good article from Aviation Week about how countries in Europe are slowly increasing their missile defense capabilities, but it appears it has more to do with business reasons ...more »Romania Agrees to Host Land Based SM-3 Missiles
February 7th, 2010 at 5:34 pm » Comments (0)
President Obama's new vision for missile defense in Europe just took another step forward: Romania’s top defense body approved an American proposal to base missile interceptors there, the country’s ...more »Missile Defense Sees Spending Increase In FY 2011 Budget
February 6th, 2010 at 2:59 pm » Comments (0)
The more I see Defense Secretary Robert Gates execute his duties it appears to me that publicly he always seems to side with President Obama and then it seems like ...more »Japanese Navy & MDA Successfully Complete JFTM-3 Testing
December 18th, 2009 at 12:59 pm » Comments (0)
The THAAD missile flight test program may be having target issues, but it appears the Japanese Navy continues to have success with their SM-3 flight tests: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ...more »Juniper Cobra Exercise Kicks Off In Israel
October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 am » Comments (0)
Here is a good look at a major air defense exercise kicking off right now: Back in April, the Obama administration announced a big shift in missile-defense priorities: It would move ...more »Interview with Raytheon’s Mike Booen On New Ground Based SM-3
September 19th, 2009 at 12:55 am » Comments (0)
Here is a video interview with Raytheon's Vice President of Missile Defense Mike Booen on the development of the ground based version of the SM-3 missile which was recently announced ...more »Is the US Going to Give the SM-3 to Israel?
May 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm » Comments (1)
This is interesting: In July 2008, Aviation Week reported that the US Missile Defense Agency is considering a land-based variant of the SM-3 Standard missile – largely due to ...more »Congress Cuts Budget for Missile Defense Agency
November 6th, 2008 at 12:01 pm » Comments (0)
So with a new president elect waiting to be innaugurated what does that mean for Air Defense Artillery? Well recent actions by Congress I believe give a pretty good ...more »Video of Successful Missile Test from Japanese Aegis Destroyer
October 7th, 2008 at 2:32 am » Comments (0)
Here is a video of a successful test of an American made SM-3 missile fired from Japanese Aegis destroyer: more »