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SM-3

Ballistic Missile Intercept via SM-3

Posted on February 15, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
02/15/2017
Video:Ballistic Missile Intercept via SM-3
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged Ballistic Missile Intercept, Ballistic Missile Target, Block IIA, Hawaii, Japan Ministry of Defense, SM-3, Standard Missile-3, U.S. Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy Sailors, USS John Paul Jones

Just Do It: Build Up the SM-3 Inventory Before it’s Too Late

Posted on May 15, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
05/15/2012
Ed Timperlake argues for a an augmentation of the SM-3 inventory, not deep cuts.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Aegis, SM-3

Pacific Strategy XVI: Weaponizing the Honeycomb

Posted on November 1, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
11/01/2011
11/01/2011 The next generation of weapons or 6th generation capabilities can be built out over the foundation of the honeycomb and the Z axis.
Posted in RESOURCES, What's New | Tagged hypersonics, Pacific Strategy, Professor Mark Lewis, SM-3, Weapons

SM-3 Missile and Japan

Posted on October 24, 2009 | by SysAdmin
10/24/2009
Our sources in Tokyo tell us that the new Japanese government is rethinking in significant ways their relationship with the United States which might well include the SM-3.
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Japan, SM-3

The European Missile Defense Decision: impact on Con Ops and industrial ripple effect

Posted on September 21, 2009 | by SysAdmin
09/21/2009
In late September, the President announced the termination of the plans to place missile interceptors in Central Europe...
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Aegis, BMD, Gates, SM-3, USN
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