The U.S. Navy successfully tested two SM-3 Block 1B interceptors that were equipped with a modified third-stage rocket motor nozzle on May 25 and 26.
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Category: Air Defense
Nebo-U entered service with Russia’s Western Military District
The 55Zh6 Nebo-U mobile radar has entered service with Russia’s Western Military District, the district spokesman Col. Igor Muginov said on May 21.
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China, Russia kick off computer-simulated BMD command post exercise
China and Russia have commence their first bilateral computer-simulated ballistic missile defense (BMD) command post exercise, dubbed Aerospace Security-2016.
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Graphic: Russian MoD
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RADA to ship RPS-42 to unnamed Asian customer
RADA’s RPS-42 Tactical Air Surveillance Radar System is in the news again as the Israeli company has secured an order from an unnamed Asian customer.
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Photo: RADA
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CSBA suggests shift in mindset for America’s air and missile defense programs
Mark Gunzinger and Bryan Clark from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) said in a new report that the Pentagon had been relying on a small number of long-range interceptors to defeat enemy guided missiles, such an approach is flawed as countries such as China, Iran, Russia and North Korea now possess large number of precision guided weapons that could overwhelm the defenses of U.S. forces, reducing America’s ability to project power.
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