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| Tweet Topic Started: Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:40 pm (50 Views) | |
| Flipzi | Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:40 pm Post #1 |
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![]() credit to photo owners THAAD Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach. THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. The THAAD interceptor carries no warhead, but relies on its kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile. A kinetic energy hit minimizes the risk of exploding conventional warhead ballistic missiles, and the warhead of nuclear tipped ballistic missiles will not detonate on a kinetic energy hit. Originally a United States Army program, THAAD has come under the umbrella of the Missile Defense Agency. The Navy has a similar program, the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, which now has a land component as well ("Aegis ashore"). THAAD was originally scheduled for deployment in 2012, but initial deployment took place in May 2008. THAAD has been deployed in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and South Korea. The THAAD system is being designed, built, and integrated by Lockheed Martin Space Systems acting as prime contractor. Key subcontractors include Raytheon, Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Honeywell, BAE Systems, Oshkosh Defense, MiltonCAT and the Oliver Capital Consortium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense VIDEO: How THAAD missile works? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9uLbEA61Q credit to photo owners ![]()
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| Flipzi | Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:53 pm Post #2 |
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![]() Arleigh Burke-class Navy destroyer fires an SM3 missile credit to photo owners STANDARD SM-3 MISSILE and the AEGIS MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD or ABMD) is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide missile defense against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. It is part of the United States national missile defense strategy. Aegis BMD (also known as Sea-Based Midcourse) is designed to intercept ballistic missiles post-boost phase and prior to reentry. It enables warships to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles by expanding the Aegis Combat System with the addition of the AN/SPY-1 radar and Standard missile technologies. Aegis BMD-equipped vessels can transmit their target detection information to the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system and, if needed, engage potential threats using the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) mid-course interceptors and the RIM-156 Standard Missile 2 Extended Range Block IV (SM-2 Block IV) or RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (SM-6) terminal-phase interceptors. Aegis BMD does not have the ability to intercept ICBMs, although future versions may allow limited intercept capability. The current system uses the Lockheed Martin Aegis Weapon System and the Raytheon Standard missile. Notable subcontractors and technical experts include Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Honeywell, Engility, Naval Surface Warfare Center, SPAWAR Systems Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (Lincoln Lab). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System ![]() ![]() AEGIS on Navy ships ![]() AEGIS on land bases VIDEO AEGIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htHxV0DN44Q AEGIS tracking and SM3 trajectory plus killl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-HecSCjg0 Edited by Flipzi, Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:08 pm.
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:16 pm Post #3 |
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PATRIOT MISSILE MIM-104 Patriot The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the "Phased array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target" which is a backronym for PATRIOT. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium Air Defense (HIMAD) system, and replaced the MIM-23 Hawk system as the U.S. Army's medium tactical air defense system. In addition to these roles, Patriot has been given the function of the U.S. Army's anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, which is now Patriot's primary mission. The system is expected to stay fielded until at least 2040. Patriot uses an advanced aerial interceptor missile and high-performance radar systems. Patriot was developed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, which had previously developed the Safeguard ABM system and its component Spartan and hypersonic speed Sprint missiles. The symbol for Patriot is a drawing of a Revolutionary War-era Minuteman. Patriot systems have been sold to Republic of China (Taiwan), Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates[5] and Spain. Poland hosts training rotations of a battery of U.S. Patriot launchers. This started in the town of Morąg in May 2010 but was later moved further from the Russian border to Toruń and Ustka due to Russian objections.[6] South Korea also purchased several second-hand Patriot systems from Germany after North Korea test-launched ballistic missiles to the Sea of Japan and proceeded with underground nuclear testing in 2006. On December 4, 2012, NATO authorized the deployment of Patriot missile launchers in Turkey to protect the country from missiles fired in the civil war in neighboring Syria. The Patriot system gained notoriety during the Persian Gulf War of 1991 with the claimed engagement of over 40 Iraqi Scud missiles. The success of these engagements is controversial, and a disputed postwar analysis of suggests that no Scud was actually hit. The Patriot system achieved its first undisputed shootdowns of enemy aircraft in the service of the Israeli Air Defense Command. Israeli MIM-104D batteries shot down two Hamas UAVs during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and later, on September 23, 2014, an Israeli Patriot battery shot down a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 which had penetrated Israeli airspace, achieving the first shootdown of a manned enemy aircraft in the world for the system.In March 2017, it was revealed that an unnamed U.S. ally Patriot operator successfully used the missile to intercept a quadcopter drone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot ![]() Patriot launher in the Middle East ![]() Japan's PAC-2 missile launch credit to photo owners PAC-3 Missile: How The System Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9C2iLm764 |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:40 pm Post #4 |
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STAR WARS and AIRBORNE LASERS Star Wars have been ruined by G.W. Bush while the airborne lasers have been shelved due to range issues. 1991 President George H.W. Bush scales back the SDI program and announces the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) system, aimed at countering small or accidental attacks. The plan, which calls for putting thousands of small interceptor rockets into orbit around the earth, is quickly canceled. 1993 Secretary of Defense Les Aspin declares “the end of the ‘Star Wars’ era” with the launch of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, which focuses on regional, rather than intercontinental, missile defense. 1999 After nearly a decade of research and continued calls for a national missile defense system from Republican members of Congress, President Bill Clinton signs the National Missile Defense Act of 1999, committing the country to deploying a national missile defense system “as soon as technologically possible.” Clinton won’t say when that might actually be. North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan. 2000 Following a series of failed tests, the director of the Pentagon’s Office of Test and Evaluation releases a devastating report on how the tests for the proposed defense system had been set up to ensure the perception of success. 2001 President George W. Bush outlines his vision for a renewed national missile defense program and announces his intention to withdraw from the ABM Treaty. Bush orders that missile defense capabilities are put into place within two years. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program is exempt from the Pentagon’s oversight and accountability standards in order to meet its deadline. 2002 Construction of six missile interceptor silos begins at Fort Greely, Alaska. The United States withdraws from the ABM Treaty, leading to its termination. 2012 By 2012, 30 interceptors are deployed—4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and the remaining 26 at Fort Greely. Tests of the new system fail more often than not, despite being carefully scripted for success. 2013 In response to threats from North Korea, the Obama administration commits $1 billion to increase the total number of interceptors to 44 by the end of 2017. A failed interceptor test leads Philip E. Coyle III, who previously ran the Pentagon’s weapons-testing program, to state that the system “is something the U.S. military, and the American people, cannot depend upon.” 2017 The GMD is expected to add a third interceptor site—costing approximately $4 billion. President Trump says he will develop a state-of-the-art missile defense system. Source http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/donald-trump-missile-defense-star-wars/ Edited by Flipzi, Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:51 pm.
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