Flying laser zaps missile in first for U.S. | Reuters

Posted by Matt in February 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, 747 Jumbo Jet, Ballistic Missile, Boeing, Boeing Co, Boost Phase, Laser Weapon, Missiles, Nuclear Arsenal, Ray Guns, Reuters, Russia, Science Fiction

This laser can take out missiles in the boost phase. It represents are real threat to Russia’s nuclear arsenal in the future
A high-powered laser aboard a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class of ray guns best known from science fiction.
The experiment [...]

Underestimating China – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aegis Cruisers, Aircraft Carriers, Ballistic Missile, Commercial Container, Container Ship, Cruise Missile, Cruise-Missiles, Defensive Purposes, destroyers, Lyons, Military Forces, Modernization, Russia, Ship Cruise, Ss, Subterfuge, sunburn, Surface Combatants, Washington Times, Weapons System

Though China professes that the modernization of its military forces threatens no one and is only for defensive purposes, it is classic Chinese subterfuge. Every new weapons system it has acquired or developed is designed specifically to target or intimidate U.S. military forces. For example, China’s development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to [...]

New Russian Subs Await Missiles | AVIATION WEEK

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, Missiles, Russia, Aviation Week, Ballistic Missile, Commonality, Launch, Liquid Fuel, Maneuver, Missiles, Moscow Institute, New Submarine, Nuclear Warheads, Nx, Rsm, Russian Subs, RussianNavy, Sea Trials, Solid Propellant, Third Stage, Topol, Topol-M, Warhead, Yuri Dolgorukiy

Last summer and fall, the Yuri Dolgorukiy conducted sea trials, but its introduction into service may be delayed because of problems with the weapon it is designed to carry. Bulava (RSM-56, SS-NX-30) is a new submarine-launched ballistic missile. The Moscow Institute of Thermotechnics (MIT) has been working on the weapon since 1988. The three-stage missile [...]

American Thinker Blog: While US disarms, Russia and China build up their military

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | 3 comments

Published in China, Military, Russia, U.S., American Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy Council, American Thinker Blog, Atrophy, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Constriction, Defense News, Ilan Berman, minuteman, Missile Arsenal, Modernization, Neglect, Nuclear Weapon State, Peacekeeper, Range Missiles, Replacements, Stagnation, Superiority, Thayer

In this week’s issue of Defense News , Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, warns, “Stagnation threatens U.S. arms superiority.” After noting recent tests by Russia and China of new nuclear-armed missiles, Berman writes,

Indeed, practically every declared nuclear weapon state is engaged in a serious modernization of its strategic arsenal. [...]

U.S. tracked launch of new missile Iran claims can evade radar

Posted by Matt in December 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Ballistic Missile, Disruption, Government Sources, Intelligence Community, Iran Claims, Launch, Radar Detection, solid-fuel

Iran claims its new solid-fuel ballistic missile can evade radar detection.
U.S. government sources have dismissed the Iranian claim. The sources said the U.S. intelligence community tracked the flight of Sejil-2 from launch without disruption.

U.S. tracked launch of new missile Iran claims can evade radar

Russia to develop advanced missile systems by 2016: commander_English_Xinhua

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Ballistic Missile, Missile Arsenal, Missile Systems, Missiles, Nuclear Warheads, Russia, Silo, Smf, Xinhua

“By the end of 2016, the missile systems with extended service life will account for no more than 20 percent of the total, while the share of new missile systems will be about 80 percent,” Shvaichenko said.
Silo-based missiles constitute 45 percent of Russia’s total ballistic missile arsenal, but they carry about 85 percent of [...]

Russia welcomes US proposal on nuclear treaty: ministry

Posted by Matt in November 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Ballistic Missile, Medvedev, Moscow Summit, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Treaty, Obama, Proposal, Russia, Russian Counterpart, Seven Years, Warheads

At a Moscow summit in July, Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to each reduce their nuclear arsenal to between 1,500 and 1,675 warheads within seven years.
They also agreed cuts on the number of ballistic missile carriers to between 500 and 1,100.
Russia welcomes US proposal on nuclear treaty: ministry

U.S. and Israel prepare for military action against Iran

Posted by Matt in October 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Ballistic Missile, Global Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Israel Military, Israeli Officials, Legitimate Threats, Military Action, Military Exercises, Military Option, Missing In Action, moscow, Nuclear Program, Personal Messages, Psychological Warfare, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Spr, Taking Steps, Time Of War, War Preparations, Western Allies

I do not believe that the U.S. and/or Israel are preparing for military action against Iran. This is probably psychological warfare.
I expect that we have more time (a couple of years) before Israel alone takes action. The U.S. will be missing in action.
Yet, change might be in the air because, according to STRATFOR global intelligence, [...]

Russian Bulava failure blamed on defect – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in October 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Attempts, Ballistic Missile, Bulava, Industry Source, Missile System, North Sea, Novosti, Russia, Russian Missile, Self Destruct, Submarine, Test Failure, Unidentified Source, Upi

A defense industry source said Monday the failure of Russia’s Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile was due to a defective steering system.
The unidentified source said the July 15 test of the missile in the North Sea resulted in a self-destruct during its first stage because of the defective system. RIA Novosti said the test failure marked [...]

China’s Aircraft Carrier Kill Weapon – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Asbm, Ballistic Missile, Blog, China Navy, Chinese Navy, Confrontations, Conjecture, Dong Feng, Hot Zones, Information Dissemination, Military Analysts, Naval Affairs, South China Sea, Surface Forces, Target, Tensions, Territorial Claims, U S Navy

With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” developed by the Chinese to target and destroy [...]