Lightweight MEADS Launcher Arrives at White Sands for Initial Flight Test

ORLANDO, Fla., MUNICH and ROME, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — After completing extensive system integration testing, the first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) launcher has arrived at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., ready to demonstrate its advanced capabilities.

Spain’s Aegis Frigates Could Join Europe’s Missile Defense Shield

A week ago, the Spanish government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero agreed to Spain’s participation in NATO’s European missile defense system by allowing four U.S. Navy Aegis guided-missile destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class to be stationed at the naval base of Rota, in southwestern Spain.

South Korea Trying to Develop Local Version of Patriot Missiles to Counter North

 

Seoul, Sep 22, 2011 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) — South Korea is pushing for the development of its own version of advanced Patriot missiles to counter North Korean ballistic missiles, military sources said Friday [23 September].

Lockheed Martin Braces for Federal Cuts While Executing Missile Defense

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. “fully supports” the Pentagon’s recently announced cost-cutting moves, but it will not allow affordability to be defined in ways that sacrifice quality in systems it supplies U.S. warfighters, a panel of executives told reporters Wednesday at the National Press Club.

UAE Said to Trim Planned US Missile-Defense Purchase

The United Arab Emirates has trimmed what had been billed as a possible $7 billion purchase of an advanced U.S. missile defense system but there are no major obstacles to its completion, Lockheed Martin Corp’s (LMT.N) lead executive on the deal said on Wednesday.

No Delays on Patriot Systems, Defense Contractor Says

 A US defense contractor yesterday denied local reports that efforts by Taiwan to procure two additional PAC-3 air defense batteries were jeopardized by political bickering and a lack of funds.

MEADS Program Completes Successful BMC4I Software Review

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed a Battle Management Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) software design review in Huntsville, Ala.

Kim Jong-un Ascent Increases ‘Miscalculation’ Odds, Thurman Says

The inexperience and youth of North Korea’s heir-apparent Kim Jong-un “increase the likelihood of miscalculation” with South Korea and the U.S., according to the nominee for top U.S. general there.

Army Upgrading Patriot Missiles

The U.S. Army is upgrading 131 Patriot Advanced Capability 2 missiles under a $58 million contract given to Raytheon of Massachusetts.

Under the follow-on award from the Army Aviation and Missile Command in Alabama, Raytheon will upgrade the missiles to the Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical configuration.

MDAA Alert: A Man Has Got To Know His Limitations

MDAA Alert:

A Man Has Got To Know His Limitations

March 23, 2011

Libyan Missile Parade

Dear Members and Friends,

As an international coalition moves forward with the implementation of UN Resolution 1973 to restrict air space over Libya, it is of concern that the government of Libya retains over 100 Scud-B missiles with a 300 KM range and  rudimentary chemical and biological weapons capability that could be used at Muammar Gaddafi’s discretion.

Scud-B missiles are not extremely accurate but are effective against high density population centers and to a lesser extent opposing military operations. Iraq successfully launched Scud missiles against U.S. command centers, military staging areas and major population centers during the Gulf War in 1991.