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Has the GMD National Missile Defense System Ever Been Intercept Tested at...
An interesting question regarding testing of the Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) national missile defense system is whether or not the system gas ever been intercept tested at night. That is, has the GMD...
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A Comparison of Potential GMD X-Band Radars (June 11, 2013)
One of the most significant deficiencies of the current Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) national missile defense system is its lack of radars that can even attempt to gather data for...
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Presentations on “Ballistic Missile Defense: Technical, Strategic and Arms...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP) held an event on “Ballistic Missile Defense: Technical, Strategic and Arms Control...
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Is the Missile Defense Agency Cutting Back on Public Information? (June 26,...
An article in Inside Missile Defense earlier this month reported that MDA Director Vice Admiral James Syring would not be granting any interviews in the “near term.” (Courtney Albon, “PTSS CAPE...
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Pentagon Press Secretary on Friday’s Failed GMD Missile Defense Intercept...
Here’s what Pentagon Press Secretary George Little had to say on Tuesday about Friday’s failed Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) System test: Question: Missile defense. There was a major missile defense...
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“Preliminary Findings” on the Failure of the FTG-07 GMD Missile Defense...
The website of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) is reporting that the cause of the failure of the July 5 FTG-07 Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) intercept test was a failure of the booster...
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How much will GMD Test FTG-06b Cost? More than $300 million? (July 12, 2013)
An article posted on Inside Defense SITREP on Wednesday cites MDA spokesman Richard Lehner as stating that the upcoming FTG-06b test of the Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) national missile defense system...
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The Real Reasons for the GMD Testing Delays and Problems (July 15, 2013)
On Friday, four high-ranking Republican members of Congress issued a letter blaming the Obama Administration for the slow pace and poor test record of the Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) national missile...
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CBO Estimates Cost of Moving GBR-P X-band Radar to U.S. East Coast (August 6,...
A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate has estimated the cost of upgrading and moving the Ground-Based Radar – Prototype (GBR-P) radar from Kwajalein to the U.S. East Coast at $510...
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U.S. to Sell Large Early Warning Radar to Qatar (August 7, 2013)
On July 29, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a potential sale of an FPS-132 early warning radar to Qatar. This sale of an early warning radar had been announced...
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Update on TPY-2 Radars. (August 8, 2013)
According to a recent report, the Army may have to “borrow” a TPY-2 X-band radar from a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery for use in future missile defense tests.[1] This seems like...
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More on Early Warning Radar to Qatar (August 8, 2013)
In my post of August 7 about the U.S. sale of a large phased-array FPS-132 early warning radar to Qatar, I omitted the detail that the announcement stated that the radar was a Block 5 version of the...
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Are Boost Phase Defenses Making a Comeback at MDA? (August 21, 2013)
Recent Missile Defense Agency (MDA) presentations at the August 2013 Space and Missile Defense Symposium suggest that boost phase defenses may be making something of a comeback at the MDA. This is...
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MDA Overview Briefings (September 10, 2013)
In my post of June 26, 2013, I collected together a number of the publicly available “MDA Overview” type briefings. It seems to me that it is worth doing such collections somewhat more systematically....
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MDA Announces Successful Test FTO-01 (September 11, 2013)
Yesterday the MDA announced the successful completion of test FTO-01. As illustrated in Figure 1 below (made before the test), in this test, conducted on and near Kwajalein Atoll, two medium-range...
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Aegis BMD and Related Briefings (September 12, 2013)
As described in my post of September 10, I am now compiling collections of official briefings on missile defense topics in “Missile Defense Compilations” section of the blog. This post includes...
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Successful Salvo Test of SM-3 Block IB Announced. (September 19, 2013)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) yesterday announced that it had successfully conducted an intercept test of the Aegis SM-3 Block IB interceptor. In the test, labeled FTM-21, two SM-3 Block IB...
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Updated Table of Aegis Intercept Tests (September 20, 2013)
Here is an updated table of Aegis BMD intercept tests (see note below the table for how to view a much more readable version of the table). Target Key: S = short-range, M = medium-range, IR =...
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MDA Reports Successful Aegis SM-3 Block IB Intercept Test (October 4, 2013)
The MDA has announced that yesterday it conducted a successful intercept test of an SM-3 Block IB interceptor against a seperating medium-range target. This test, designated FTM-22 , would be the...
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Updated List of Claims about GMD Effectiveness (January 16, 2014)
Updated list of claims by U.S. government officials about the effectiveness of the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) System. This iteration adds four additional claims (mostly older). They are #4,...
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