North Korea Threat Worsening; No Time to Rest: MDA

North Korea Threat Worsening; No Time to Rest: MDA
North Korea Threat Worsening; No Time to Rest: MDA

CAPITOL HILL: The Missile Defense Agency is still basking in the glow of last month’s successful shoot-down of an ICBM target but it will not get complacent in the face of North Korea‘s steady rounds of provocative missile tests, MDA Director Vice Adm. James Syring assured the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces yesterday.…

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Missile Defense Test ‘Realistic,’ Syring Insists

Missile Defense Test ‘Realistic,’ Syring Insists
Missile Defense Test ‘Realistic,’ Syring Insists

PENTAGON: Yesterday’s $244 million missile defense test didn’t just hit an IBCM-like target for the first time in the history of the system: It hit a cutting-edge IBCM modeled on future North Korean weapons, complete with decoys to confuse defenders. “It actually replicated — without getting into classified details — an operational scenario that we’re…

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Return Of The ABL? Missile Defense Agency Works On Laser Drone

Return Of The ABL? Missile Defense Agency Works On Laser Drone
Return Of The ABL? Missile Defense Agency Works On Laser Drone

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: Three years after the Missile Defense Agency mothballed its massive Airborne Laser, MDA is planning to reboot the concept for a new era. The old ABL was Boeing 747 with a human crew and tanks of toxic chemicals to generate power. The new idea a high-altitude, long-endurance drone armed with a more compact…

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