Jun 1, 2003
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.
May 15, 2003
In addition to Germany, Italy, and Israel, other countries are being courted to assist with US missile defense systems or for public political support.
May 15, 2003
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.
May 15, 2003
Status of Intercept Test Schedules.
May 15, 2003
Recently, it became public that the Missile Defense Agency has canceled a slew of upcoming intercept tests of the ground-based midcourse system (GMD).
Apr 17, 2003
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.
Apr 9, 2003
The latest version of the Patriot PAC-3 terminal missile defense system is being put through its paces in real-time.
Apr 9, 2003
The last several months have seen an interesting series of developments from the world of missile defense.
Feb 23, 2003
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.
Jan 10, 2003
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.
Jul 26, 2002
India is reportedly interested in acquiring the Arrow theater ballistic missile defense system from Israel.
Jun 26, 2002
Missile defense: In the blink of an eye, the Senate by unanimous consent adopted both the Warner amendment and the Levin second degree amendment.
May 3, 2002
Next-generation satellites are the eyes and ears of Star Wars. But this glitchy program may not survive.
Apr 11, 2002
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has opened the door to the possible use of nuclear-tipped interceptors in a national missile defense system.
Feb 1, 2002
National missile defense, the multi billion dollar effort to acquire the capability to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles before they reach their targets in the United States, is gaining political momentum
Nov 25, 2001
The issue on which Powell has worked hardest to close a gulf between himself and the president is Bush’s apparently devout belief in missile defense.
Oct 30, 2001
The United States delayed its next test of a missile defense system for technical reasons unrelated to concerns the test might violate the Antiballistic Missile treaty with Russia.
Oct 29, 2001
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s statement today on national missile defense tests is both encouraging and discouraging.
Sep 20, 2001
Last evening, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced as a separate bill (s 1439) the controversial provision in the Defense Authorization bill on missile defense.
Aug 7, 2001
The absence of weapons proliferation is the great success of the 20th century.
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