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| US Conducts Test On Anti Missile Defense System - The Gulf Notices |
| 2008-07-20 |
| The US yesterday conducted a missile test above the Pacific Ocean, the Defence Department announced. The missile launch from the Alaskan Island Kodiak was for testing a set of radars and sensors, the Department said in a statement. The test demonstrated the most complex integration to date of radars required to support a missile intercept, the statement said. US radio Sawa reported that the missile was tracked by land-, sea- and space-based sensors, especially by a California military base. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 193rd Space Battalion Now THAT I had NOT heard Where's Tom Corbett when you need him? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-07-20 16:53 |
| #2 The American Patriot, Thaad, and land based Aegis. In a mideast filled with bad guy missiles, it is good to be America's friend. |
| Posted by: Bin thinking again 2008-07-20 10:38 |
| #1 Interesting tidbit: The National Guard manned a good part of these tests. Colorado Army Nationa Guard (CO-ARNG) has a couple of very interesting units in addition to the 3/19 SF. 193rd Space Battalion This Colorado Army National Guard battalion provides space-based support to designated ground forces commanders in support of Army operations. This battalion demonstrates that citizen-Soldiers can bring space capabilities to the Army and leverages the expertise and experience in space that these citizen-Soldiers gain in their civilian jobs. The 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), Colorado Army National Guard, provides oversight of the Soldiers trained to operate the nationÂ’s limited missile defense capability. The brigade comes under the overall direction of the responsible combatant commander during an operational mission. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-20 10:08 |