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Netanyahu hails anti-missile exercise with US Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday hailed a joint anti-missile exercise with US forces, amid continuing high tensions with Iran, amid claims that Hamas now has rockets capable of hitting Tel Aviv. Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at an air force base in central Israel, said the two countries are "creating a new path, and the goal is to defend Israel," a statement from the country's military said ... read moreU.S., Israel drill for missile war 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Oct 30, 2009 Amid the uncertainty about whether a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is possible, the United States and Israel are conducting their largest-ever missile-defense exercises designed to counter an Iranian missile bombardment. The Tehran regime has conducted a string of missile test-firings in recent months that has kept tension simmering. There is no indication that the Ira ... more
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Japan shoots down missile in test off Hawaii: US
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo's missile defense weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. A Japanese destroyer detected, tracked and knocked out the missile in mid-flight with an SM-3 interceptor rocket, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said in a statement. The missile was launched on Tuesday at 6:00 pm Hawaii time ... more LockMart Awarded Contract For Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Oct 28, 2009The U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 billion contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin's Surface-Sea Based Missile Defense line of business, in Moorestown, N.J., will design, develop, integrate, test, deliver and install further Aegis ... more Raytheon Awarded Contracts For New Missile Defense System 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 28, 2009Raytheon was awarded two contracts worth in excess of $100 million by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to design and develop the David's Sling Weapon System. The DSWS is a joint program between the Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization. The system will defeat short-range ballistic missiles, large-caliber rockets and cruise missiles in their terminal phase of ... more US's Biden garners more support for new anti-missile system 
Bucharest (AFP) Oct 22, 2009US Vice President Joe Biden, on a three-day trip to Eastern Europe, said Thursday that Romania had added its support to that of Poland for a new anti-missile system the United States is planning for the region. A day after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had described Washington's projected new SM-3 anti-missile system as "very interesting, and needed," Biden said that Romania, too ... more |
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Israel, U.S. test air defense against Iran
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 Israel and the United States kicked off Wednesday a major air defense exercise that will simulate a missile attack on Israel. Code-named Juniper Cobra, the two-week exercise is the largest drill ever between the two countries. It is the fifth in a series of biennial exercises and will include about 1,000 American personnel and an equal number of personnel from Israel's military. ... more LockMart Launches Target Missile For Air Defense System Test 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 21, 2009Lockheed Martin announced that it successfully launched a target missile for the ATM-48 intercept test of the U.S. Army's Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) air defense system. Under the Missile Defense Agency's Targets and Countermeasures Program in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, a Lockheed Martin-led team launched the short-range, legacy target from Fort Wingate, N.M. L-3 ... more US seeks to quell Russian concerns on missile plan 
Tbilisi (AFP) Oct 20, 2009The United States on Tuesday sought to quell Russian concerns that new US missile defence facilities might be installed in Moscow's backyard, insisting that only NATO countries were being considered. US Assistant Defence Secretary Alexander Vershbow said in the Georgian capital that Washington was consulting only with members of the alliance after the United States scrapped a previous plan ... more Biden in Poland, kicks-off east European tour
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 20, 2009US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Poland Tuesday kicking-off a tour of eastern Europe that critics have mocked as an apology to soothe Poland and the Czech Republic after a Bush-era missile shield was shelved. Biden's plane touched down at Warsaw's military airport at 23:00 local time (21:00 GMT), according to an AFP photographer. Officials deny Biden is on a mission to pacify US ... more |
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