One of the components seized by Panama officials from a North Korean ship includes a SNR-74 tracking and guidance radar for the SA-2 anti-aircraft system.
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Category: Air Defense
Faulty battery may have contributed to GMD test failure
Initial findings into the failure of a GMD test this month pointed to a faulty battery that prevent the interceptor from separating with the booster.
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McKeon and three others want Hagel to retest GMD again
Buck McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, and three other Republican lawmakers have jointly wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, urging him to conduct another test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) after last week’s failure.
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RCMP called in to recover radar transmitter
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to be called in to recover a wave radar transmitter that was sold off accidentally.
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GMD test fails again
A demonstration of the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) was carried out on Jul. 5 and the interception of a long-range ballistic missile target did not occur.
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