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Dear Members and Friends,

Last night at our nation’s oldest Military Academy, on the banks of the Hudson River in New York, the approximately 1,000 corps of cadets of this year’s graduating class, in a West Point tradition called Post Night, chose their first posts, in order based on class rank.

U.S. Mulls Israeli Anti-Rocket System Buy

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Army will decide in the next few weeks whether it will buy Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, to protect bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The More the Merrier

Dear Members and Friends,During the last two weeks at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, an upgraded Patriot Advanced Capability variant 3 (PAC-3) missile interceptor successfully engaged and destroyed incoming ballistic targets in a series of tests.

Breaking News: THAAD Shoots Down Multiple Missiles

 

Dear Members and Friends,Last night in Kauai at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, the United States Army and the Missile Defense Agency conducted a successful and fully operational intercept test of the soon to be deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

Lockheed, Raytheon bid for US missile contract

 

NEW YORK

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.

Redstone’s Pacific Interests Unharmed by Tsunami

Redstone Arsenal’s U.S. Army personnel stationed in Japan, Hawaii, Kwajalein and other Pacific locations have reported no injuries or severe damage from the earthquake and tsunami that struck today.

In addition, it appears the worst damage occurred on Japan’s northwest coast, with the nation’s primary tourism areas not in danger.

Army nanosatellite on first flight

The United States Army launched its first satellite in over 50 years this morning at 10:43 am. ET. The purpose of this flight is to be able to launch transmit information for space to a ground transmitter. If this launch, and procedure is successful then the Army will be able to build, and deploy other satellites just like it. The primary payload for this flight is the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft.

U.S. Army’s SLAMRAAM Gets a New Launcher

The U.S. Army’s Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) was test-fired for the first time from a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) platform, marking an early step in the program’s transition to a new launcher.

Originally designed to be launched from Humvees, the Army decided last summer to move the missile defense system to the bigger, better protected FMTVs. The heavy trucks are more survivable and rugged than the Army’s Humvees, which rarely go outside of bases in Afghanistan.

The test took place Aug. 25 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and included multiple firings of the AMRAAM missiles, according to a press release from Raytheon.

New Missile Installed at Fort Greely

MDAA was at Fort Greely last month, on the original installation date. Due to bad weather conditions we did not get to witness the install. We did however get a rare glimpse of a missile in the silo. The above shot is of that view. Pretty impressive if we do say so ourselves.

A new missile was installed in a silo at Fort Greely last month, the 22nd interceptor at the Missile Defense Agency site outside Delta Junction.

Ralph Scott, the spokesman for Alaska Missile Defense, said the latest installation is part of an effort to steadily add missiles at the site. The Defense Department has plans to install 26 missiles at Fort Greely, with the process to be completed by October.