Israel setting up missile defense center

Israel’s Ministry of Defense is working to integrate all four of the anti-missile defense systems developed in the country into a national command and control center for the interception of enemy missiles. Senior US officials say that this initiative will not only benefit Israel but also US forces stationed in the Middle East and “US allies that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel,” US weekly “Defense News” reports.

U.S. Navy Conducts Integration Flight Tests of ATK’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

The AARGM weapon is a medium range, supersonic, air-launched tactical missile compatible with U.S. and Allied F/A-18, EA-6B, F-16 CJ/MJU and Tornado IDS/ECR aircraft.

ATK’s (NYSE: ATK) Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) recently completed an initial flight integration test on the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft in May and has completed multiple flight hours of integration testing on FA-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. This series of successful captive-carry tests is part of the process to validate the compatibility of AARGM with these platforms and to pave the way for all U.S. Navy strike aircraft to leverage AARGM’s defense suppression capability. With continued successful flight performance, AARGM is expected to complete the Navy’s Operational Test Readiness Review and transition into initial operational test and evaluation later this year.

China and allies back Russia against U.S. missile shield

Russia won the backing of China and other members of a regional security body in criticizing U.S. plans for a missile shield, saying on Wednesday it could undermine global security.

Czech Republic pulls out of US missile shield plan

Alexandr Vondra - Czech Defense Minister

The Czech Republic is withdrawing from U.S. missile defense plans out of frustration at its diminished role, the Czech defense minister told The Associated Press Wednesday.

Russia has no plan to reconsider relations with Iran

Iran's Ahmadinejad and Russia's Medvedev

Moscow has no plan to reconsider its stance on Iran in order to please the U.S. and NATO, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Tuesday.

Navy Radar Efforts Solidify BMD Commitment

Contractors vying for the U.S. Navy’s proposed Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) say they can deliver the system for much less than the government’s cost estimate because of their extensive experience building similar radar programs in recent years.

US-Russian use of Azeri radar is not on agenda

Azeri Radar

BAKU – Joint use of the radar station in Azerbaijan by the United States and Russia is not on the agenda, the US Ambassador in Baku Matthew Bryza said Friday.

Poland, U.S. Strike Deal On Air Force Deployment

Lee Feinstein, Hillary Clinton, Jacek Najder, and Radoslaw Sikorski at the signing of a new missile defense system agreement

Poland has signed a deal with the United States on the deployment from 2013 of aircraft and training staff to help bolster the EU nation’s military capacity, Poland’s defence minister said Monday.

Lockheed, Raytheon bid for US missile contract

 

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Lockheed Martin Corp. and the team of Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. said separately on Monday that they submitted bids for work on a Pentagon air-to-ground missile program.

A Case of False Missile Defense Panic

 

Russia’s military hawks, who constantly warn that U.S. missile defense will undermine Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrence, are experiencing a similar hallucination.