One of the two Nodong road mobile medium range ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Mar. 18 had failed after takeoff, two U.S. officials told Fox News.
Category: Space
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 as good as dead
Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, told reporters that all attempts to reconnect to and gain control of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 had failed and the military weather satellite is “about dead.”
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1329667
Continue reading “Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 as good as dead”
North Korea tested two road mobile medium-range ballistic missiles
A U.S. defense official said North Korea has launched two Nodong road mobile medium range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
Continue reading “North Korea tested two road mobile medium-range ballistic missiles”
Head of U.S. Air Force Space Command says threat to military satellites reached tipping point
The U.S. Congress was told by Gen. John Hyten, commander of the Air Force Space Command, that the threat to U.S. military and intelligence satellites have reached a tipping point.
“ASAT Weapon Conception” by unknown, DoD photo – http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=4d775e63c0d24847a41a115b52e7cf7ed4e11fb7. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Video on RAF Fylingdales
The British Ministry of Defence has release this video about RAF Fylingdales, one of the three radar sites in the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), the other two sites being in Alaska and Greenland.