“This is not about Russia”

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the Presidents change of missile defense strategy.

President Obama on European Missile Defense

MDA Video from 7th Annual Missile Defense Conference

Check out this video from the 7th Annual Missile Defense Conference. It features an overview of current missile defense systems and some nice behind-the-scenes footage. The video also includes an interview with MDA Director Lt. General Patrick O’Reilly.

Click here for the complete text of the interview with Lt. General O’Reilly.

PAC-3 Test Vids

Enjoy these videos of PAC-3 tests and check out more information about the PAC-3 here and here.

MKV Informational Video

I know the program was cut but I still think it’s useful to be aware of the systems, their backgrounds and what their proposed capabilities were. Check it out…

Satelite shoot down video

Here is the video of the Navy’s shoot down of the aging satellite inFebruary of 2008.  It’s talked about whenever people discuss missile defense testing so I thought I would post a link to the actual video.

And here are some links to articles about it

CNN Article

Navy Press Release

Fox News Article

Popular Mechanics Article

S-400 Videos

They are both in Russian but the footage itself is valuable.

JLENS Test Flight

MEADS Commercial

Check out this MEADS system advertisement. MEADS stands for Medium Extended Air Defense System and is being developed as a joint project between the US, Germany and Italy. For the Americans and Germans it is designed to replace the Patriot system and it will replace the Nike Hercules system for the Italians.

More on MEADS later…

Incredibly Addicting Missile Defense Game

On a lighter note, I waswandering around the MDA site and came across this game. It’s really fun and incredibly addicting. And when it seems like theres too many incoming missiles, don’t forget to use the MKV!

Here’s a screenshot of me protecting the city..