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  Iron Dome Completes Final Tests, Eyes Deployment

  Posted by Noam Eshel 3:01 PM on Jul 21, 2010

  The Israel Defense Ministry said the Iron Dome counterrocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) interceptor system has successfully passed its final tests July 19. It is expected that t... Read More >>

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  Israel Carries Out Big Missile Sim

  Posted by David Eshel 2:23 PM on Mar 30, 2010

  The Israel Air Force and Israel's defense industries have just concluded a major simulation test of a future, multi-layered active air defense system to be deployed in Israel in th... Read More >>

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  Shoot The Arrow

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 10:33 AM on Oct 30, 2009

  The mantra came out of the first Gulf War in 1991: "It's no longer how many aircraft per target, it's how many targets per aircraft." Precision-guided bombs, even then, were close ... Read More >>

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  Phased Adaptive Confusion

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 6:36 AM on Oct 29, 2009

  Warsaw turned out to be a prescient site choice for a conference on European air and missile defense, organized by Defense IQ. Talking about advanced technology in the restored 19t... Read More >>

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  Reaction on Capitol Hill Over Third Site Plans

  Posted by Michael Bruno 4:15 PM on Sep 17, 2009

  (Updated with Sen. Levin's comments)Republicans on Capitol Hill loudly lambasted the move immediately after the defense secretary and vice chair of the Joint Chiefs made the announ... Read More >>

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  Missile Defense: Trust and Verify

  Posted by Michael Bruno 4:35 AM on Aug 18, 2009

  When the who’s who of missile defense advocacy gathered in Washington early last year, there was a palpable aura of triumph. Ostensibly the gala, hosted by a conservative thi... Read More >>

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  UAV-based Missile Interceptors Reconsidered

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 3:44 PM on Jun 04, 2009

  The pursuit of Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) from unmanned aircraft is back after an 18-year pause for development of new generations of long-endurance aircraft and very fast interce... Read More >>

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  Mind the Ming

  Posted by John M. Doyle 2:09 PM on Apr 13, 2009

  A recent report by the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense, a group sponsored by several think tanks including the George C. Marshall Institute, American Foreign Policy Co... Read More >>

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  Managing Those Technology Expectations

  Posted by Michael Bruno 5:54 AM on Feb 20, 2009

  Aviation Week's Graham Warwick is reporting that Boeing is now briefing U.S. defense officials on the initial results of internally funded studies into possibly expanding the role ... Read More >>

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  Missile Maneuvering

  Posted by John M. Doyle 6:53 PM on Feb 17, 2009

  True to President Barack Obama’s pledge to try diplomacy as well as force with foes and rivals, the U.S. is attempting to smooth relations with Russia and engage Iran in talk... Read More >>

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