China’s Alarming, Puzzling, Missile Test

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Alexandria Virginia, Anti-ballistic missile, Bragging Rights, China, Chinese Military, Chinese Officials, Chinese System, Chinese Test, Diplomat, interceptor, John Pike, Military Analyst, Missile Test, Missile Tests, Satellites, Swaine, Tank, Target Time, Targets

Coyle says he was ‘impressed’ when he read details of the Chinese test. Military analyst John Pike, from the think tank Globalsecurity.org in Alexandria, Virginia, was not. He says the tests were all about ‘bragging rights.’ ‘Anything the Americans can do,the “Chicoms” can do better,’ Pike imagined Chinese officials thinking.
Swaine appears to concur. ‘The test [...]

Imagining World War III | Colorado Springs Independent

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in War, Amp, Aviation Experts, Aviation Week, Bureau Chief, Capitol Hill, Colorado Springs, Congressional Staffers, Intelligence Experts, Local News, Navy Pilot, News Article, Novel, Pentagon, Satellites, Six Hours, Space Technology Magazine, Space Wars, Warfighters, World News, World War Iii

If you want to get the government’s attention, don’t write a well-documented, thoroughly researched news article. Instead, write a well-documented, thoroughly researched novel.
That’s what two local space and aviation experts did, and it blew the Pentagon and Capitol Hill away.
Bill Scott, former bureau chief for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, and Michael Coumatos, a [...]

Satellites: The Pentagon’s Big Blind Spot – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Airborne Assault, American Satellite, Battleground, Blind Spot, Businessweek, China, Defense Officials, Global Conflicts, Half Of The World, Military Experts, Military Officials, Military Space, Missile, Pentagon, Satellite Operators, Satellites, Southern Hemisphere, Space Policy, Visibility

Military officials increasingly worry that U.S. satellites are vulnerable to airborne assault, or even mere accident, in the Southern Hemisphere
Military experts have since become concerned that space could become the next battleground for global conflicts. Of particular concern is the lack of visibility with some missile strikes, such as China’s in 2007. Some experts say [...]

Fears of a nuclear Burma | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Bertil Lintner, Blogged, Burma, cameras, Confluence, Expert, Fears, Fledgling, Flock Browser, Korean Engineers, Led, Massive Construction Project, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Regime, Satellites, Smoking Gun, Test Missiles, tunnels, Underground Bunkers

WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE? There is no smoking gun. But analysts and U.S. officials have cited a confluence of events that suggest nuclear ambitions in Burma, also called Myanmar.
North Korean engineers, who specialize in building tunnels and underground bunkers, have led a massive construction project in Naypyidaw, the regime’s remote capital. This network of 800-odd tunnels, [...]

Aging satellites might send GPSs incomplete directions | Stars and Stripes

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in GPS, Aging, Capabilities, Flock Browser, Global Positioning System, Government Accountability Office, Government Report, GPS, Incomplete Directions, Military Precision, Personal Navigation, Precision Strike, Private Cars, Satellites, Service Disruptions, Spacecraft, Stars And Stripes, Stars Stripes, U S Air, U S Air Force

The Global Positioning System that provides everything from personal navigation in private cars to military precision strike capabilities could start to falter as early as next year, according to a recent government report.
The U.S. Air Force currently controls 30 satellites used for GPS, but some of those aging spacecraft could start to fail, resulting in [...]

Satellites Show Pakistan Super-Sizing Its Nuclear Weapons Complex

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Commercial Satellite, Construction Projects, Credible Source, David Albright, Ghazi Khan, International Security, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Pakistan Nuclear, Paul Brannan, Plutonium Production, Plutonium Separation, Production Reactor, Rawalpindi, Report Suggests That, Robert Kelley, Satellite Images, Satellites, Science, Thermonuclear Weapons, Warhead

Commercial satellite images released today by the Institute for Science and International Security — a very credible source for arms control analysis — appear to underscore Pakistan’s determination to increase its supply of fissile material and develop more destructive nuclear weapons. Most worryingly, the report suggests that Pakistan may be on the path to creating [...]

North Korea has second long-range missile site

Posted by Matt in September 10th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Missiles, Ballistic Missile Program, Ballistic Missiles, Discovery, Intelligence, Launch Pad, North-Korea, Range Missile, Rocket Motor Test, Rocket Test, rockets, Satellites, Tall Tower, Tehran Iran, Test Facility, Test Pad

The new launch facility is built on the site of a small village called Pongdong-ni which was displaced during construction. It includes a movable launch pad and 10-story tall tower capable of supporting North Korea’s largest ballistic missiles and rockets. It also includes a rocket motor test pad, which Brown and Bermudez said is similar [...]

Indian army wants military space program

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Army Chief, Asian Giants, China, Decades, India, Indian Army, Militarization Of Space, Military Space, Orbit, Regional Race, Satellites, Space Program, Targets, Tensions, Ties

India said that it needs a military space program to defend its satellites from threats like China’s newly revealed ability to shoot down targets in orbit.
The comments by India’s army chief raise the possibility of a regional race that could accelerate the militarization of space and heighten tensions between the Asian giants, who have been [...]

U.S. cites growing China space and cyber threat

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Army Brig, China Space, China Threat, Cyber Threat, cyberspace, Satellites, Space Capabilities, Strategic Command, United States

The U.S. military painted China on Tuesday as posing a growing threat to the United States and others in space and cyberspace.
China is “aggressively” honing its ability to shoot down satellites along with other space and counter-space capabilities, said Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Horne of the U.S. Strategic Command.
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Hypersonic version of BrahMos undergoes successful lab test

Posted by Matt in May 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Military, general, brahmos, Cruise Missile, High Speeds, Lab Test, Missile, Operational Time, Reaction Time, Satellites, Scramjet Engine, Target, Velocities, Velocity

According to Dr Pillai, the Brahmos hypersonic version will not only have higher speed, but will also consume less fuel and require less operational time to deploy. These qualities are expected to provide the missile longer range, and also ensure less reaction time from the enemy.
High speeds also make the missile difficult to detect, and [...]