Space-Based Missile Defense Can Be Done: DoD R&D Chief Griffin

Space-Based Missile Defense Can Be Done: DoD R&D Chief Griffin
Space-Based Missile Defense Can Be Done: DoD R&D Chief Griffin

Some 35 years after Ronald Reagan’s famous Star Wars speech, the Pentagon’s R&D chief said that space-based missile defenses are technically feasible and reasonably affordable.

North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten

North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten
North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten

“Things are moving (in) a positive direction,” Gen. Hyten said of North Korean, while Russia’s new 2-megaton underwater drone “does not change” the strategic balance.

Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses

Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses
Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses

Pentagon planners aren’t only worried about North Korean ICBMs, but Chinese hypersonics and medium-range missiles. That means, according to analysts, that an array of distributed systems are needed to meet a wide range of potential threats.

STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3

STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3
STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3

Air Force Gen. John Hyten has always wanted to spend time at the house he and his wife bought years ago in Colorado Springs — but he’s too busy with, among other things, alerts of missile launches around the globe, just in case one is US-bound. You’d think the former head of Space Command, now…

F-35 Ready For Missile Defense By 2025: MDA Chief

F-35 Ready For Missile Defense By 2025: MDA Chief
F-35 Ready For Missile Defense By 2025: MDA Chief

“I’d say six to seven years to essentially work out the Concept of Operations (and) develop the capabilities,” Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves told the Senate.

Crucial Polish Missile Defense Site Delayed Two Years: MDA

Crucial Polish Missile Defense Site Delayed Two Years: MDA
Crucial Polish Missile Defense Site Delayed Two Years: MDA

With the Pentagon and White House increasingly worried about ballistic missile threats from “rogue” states and peer competitors, the Polish site is increasingly critical.

Space-Based Sensors Needed For Missile Defense Vs. Hypersonics: MDA

Space-Based Sensors Needed For Missile Defense Vs. Hypersonics: MDA
Space-Based Sensors Needed For Missile Defense Vs. Hypersonics: MDA

WASHINGTON: The Missile Defense Agency needs sensors in orbit to track hypersonic threats, the MDA director said this week. Such satellites would use mature technology and could perform other surveillance missions to help justify their cost, Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves told the McAleese/Credit Suisse conference Tuesday. Last week, as we reported, the chief of Strategic…

Nuclear Posture Review: The More Things Change…

Nuclear Posture Review: The More Things Change…
Nuclear Posture Review: The More Things Change…

The Trump Administration’s review of nuclear policy and weapons was leaked half a month before its official rollout, giving advocacy groups, allies and everyone else who cares about nuclear warfare much time to craft their reactions. (Everyone should care about the issues, no matter how scary this topic is). Rebecca Hersman, deputy assistant Defense secretary for…

No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR

No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR
No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR

PENTAGON: The United States government sees a fundamentally more threatening world today, one that requires a more nuanced balance of delivery systems than we’ve deployed since the end of the Cold War. That’s really the change that has driven the results of the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, officially released today. Careful transparency continues to…

VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet

VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet
VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet

WASHINGTON: North Korea has cut the warning time America has to a “dozen minutes or so” before an ICBM launch because of the mobile launch trucks it’s using, according to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. “We may have gone from tens of minutes to up to an hour (previously) to a dozen minutes…

$86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense

$86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense
$86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office will test-fire a radical new missile defense system in less than a year. The Hyper Velocity Projectile, a supersonic artillery round, is fired from ordinary cannon at 5,600 miles per hour and can kill incoming threats for a mere $86,000 a shot. Compare that to…

Missile Defense Vs. China, Russia: Decentralize, Disperse, & Hide

Missile Defense Vs. China, Russia: Decentralize, Disperse, & Hide
Missile Defense Vs. China, Russia: Decentralize, Disperse, & Hide

WASHINGTON: China or Russia could all too easily detect and destroy US Army missile defenses, exposing American forces to devastating attack, a forthcoming study finds. Patriot and THAAD units are big groups of big objects — launchers, radars, command posts — that emit lots of heat and radio/radar waves, are hard to camouflage, and can’t…

Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed

Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed
Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed

WASHINGTON: “When does that moment come when their program matures and goes across those redlines? At the pace we’re on, it’s just a matter of time. If something doesn’t change, it will be inevitable these redlines are met — if there’s another test of a warhead.” Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared to document one of the redlines he…

Navy — Don’t Classify It! Tell America ‘The Story Of Seapower’: Rep. Gallagher

Navy — Don’t Classify It! Tell America ‘The Story Of Seapower’: Rep. Gallagher
Navy — Don’t Classify It! Tell America ‘The Story Of Seapower’: Rep. Gallagher

CRYSTAL CITY: When the Chief of Naval Operations told the Navy in March to close its mouth about readiness issues he was heading in the wrong direction, a Marine and member of the House Armed Services Committee told the Surface Navy Association this morning. Rep. Mike Gallagher, who served two tours in Anbar Province before…