Nearly Fifty Senior Retired Military Officers Seek NMD Postponement
The announcement of the public release of the Open Letter is the culmination of an eight month intensive study of the planned deployment.
GAO Urges Better Tests Of Missile Defense System
The Pentagon has taken some steps toward more realistic testing of the antimissile system that it plans to deploy this year to protect the United States, but many aspects of the system remain to be tested, according to a congressional report.
Current Status of Missile Defense Program
The initial deployment of land-based interceptors designed to smash into enemy warheads headed toward the U.S. is scheduled for calendar 2004.
Senator Carl Levin's Opening Statements on Missile Defense
"The administration’s missile defense plans are at odds with long-standing acquisition laws," said Levin.
Missile Defense: The Dangers and Lack of Realism
Two experts question the remote prospect that the missile defense system would be effective.
Bush's Missile Defense System: Does it Pass Muster?
President Bush has announced plans to begin deployment of a strategic missile defense by September 30, 2004. The initial deployment will include six silos at Fort Greely, Alaska, and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; each silo will contain one interceptor missile.
Defense radar to be assembled in Corpus Christi
When a 25-story metallic globe starts bobbing off Corpus Christi’s coastline in 2005, en route to Alaska, it will mark another important milestone in the nation’s missile defense system.
Laws of Physics vs. Boost-Phase Missile Defense, Round 1
Over the next fifteen months, it is virtually guaranteed that at least one of the three missile defense systems the U.S. administration is deploying in October 2004 will be ineffective and a waste of billions of dollars.
Missile Defense 101
The Bush Administration has proposed a “layered” missile defense that would include missiles launched from the ground and from ships, and lasers fired from aircraft and from satellites.
International Cooperation
In addition to Germany, Italy, and Israel, other countries are being courted to assist with US missile defense systems or for public political support.
Excerpts of ranking members
The Defense Department is currently seeking to fundamentally change DoD acquisition policy and Congressional reporting via the “Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act of 2003,” submitted to Congress on April 11.
Upcoming Intercept Test Schedule
Status of Intercept Test Schedules.
Highlights of GAO report on cancellation of integrated flight test (IFT) 16 (GAO-03-767R)
Recently, it became public that the Missile Defense Agency has canceled a slew of upcoming intercept tests of the ground-based midcourse system (GMD).
Synopsis of the 2004-2005 Deployment
President Bush has announced that the United States will deploy an array of missile defense systems. While this is consistent with campaign promises, the three systems being rolled out all suffer from technological difficulties, cost overruns, and politics.
Gulf War II - Patriot Performance
The latest version of the Patriot PAC-3 terminal missile defense system is being put through its paces in real-time.
Technology: Is The Problem The Booster Or The Kill Vehicle?
The last several months have seen an interesting series of developments from the world of missile defense.
Pentagon Report: Bush Missile Defense of Questionable Utility
The Pentagon’s top evaluator of weapons program, Thomas P. Christie, recently issued a report that implicitly questions the usefulness or effectiveness of the Bush Administration’s missile defense deployment plan in Alaska and California by the end of 2004.
Missile Defense Testing: Year of the Bluster
The Missile Defense Agency has announced that it is canceling its next two planned tests of the ground-based, mid-course defense program in Alaska, formerly known as National Missile Defense.
U.S. Should Not Approve Sale of Arrow Missile Defense System to India
India is reportedly interested in acquiring the Arrow theater ballistic missile defense system from Israel.
Senate Acts on Missile Defense -- Sort Of
Missile defense: In the blink of an eye, the Senate by unanimous consent adopted both the Warner amendment and the Levin second degree amendment.
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