Difesa ABM USA

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I legislatori chiedono risposte ....

 

Lawmakers Want Answers from Pentagon Over Missile Test Failure ....

 

Congress wants answers from the Pentagon about a failed missile interceptor test, and several prominent senators say it should slow efforts to build an East Coast shield.

 

Fonte .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130710/DEFREG02/307100019/Lawmakers-Want-Answers-from-Pentagon-Over-Missile-Test-Failure

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E i Repubblicani puntano il dito contro il presunto colpevole ....

 

Republican Lawmakers Finger First Missile Test Failure Culprit: Barack Obama ....

 

Four senior pro-defense US Republican lawmakers have identified what they believe to be one of the chief culprits of a recent Pentagon missile test failure: Barack Obama.

In a letter sent Friday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the Republican lawmakers accuse the Democratic president and his administration with putting the Pentagon’s ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) program “on life support.”

 

Fonte .... http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2013/07/republican-lawmakers-finger-first-missile-test-failure-culprit-barack-obama/

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Amy Butler .... .... commenta, su AW&ST, il fallito lancio dell'antimissile ....

 

MisDef Failure Symptomatic Of Atrophied GMD Focus ....

 

“You get what you pay for.”

 

That is what multiple industry officials have said of the embarrassing, third failed intercept test in nearly five years for the $41 billion U.S. anti-missile system developed over more than 20 years to defend the U.S. against North Korean ICBM attack.

But proponents of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) charge that the failure is directly related to five years of diminished funding for development.

 

Link .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_07_15_2013_p20-596132.xml

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Il Sottosegretario alla Difesa James N. Miller prende le difese del programma ....

 

Dal "Daily Report" dell'AFA di questa mattina ....

 

Miller Defends Missile Defense Policy ....

 

The failed intercept of the target missile during the July 5 test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system was "surprising," said James Miller, undersecretary of defense for policy, on Wednesday.

However, the test's outcome has not derailed the Obama Administration's plans to expand the GMD system in the next several years, he told attendees of his speech on Capitol Hill.

AFA, the National Defense Industrial Association, and Reserve Officers Association sponsored his talk.

Missile Defense Agency officials are "looking at what happened and determining how they will proceed," said Miller.

Still to decide is whether to conduct another intercept test of the exoatmospheric kill vehicle's capability enhancement I configuration—the version used on July 5—before the new CE-II variant sees testing, he said.

The EKV sits atop the GMD system's interceptor missile.

Despite the setback on July 5, the CE-I kill vehicle is "batting at about .500," a record with which the Pentagon is not satisfied, but one that isn't as dire as some charge, he said.

Miller said he wants to see both the CE-I and CE-II flight tested within a year of MDA identifying the cause of the test failure.

Reuters reported last week that a faulty battery may have been the cause.

 

—Marc V. Schanz

7/18/2013

 

Sempre sull'agenzia di informazioni Reuters è apparso, successivamente, un commento .... molto, ma molto critico ....

 

Immediately following the Fourth of July fireworks, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) tried out some fireworks of its own.

 

Link .... http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/07/16/lets-end-bogus-missile-defense-testing/

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"We cannot stop testing. We must continue to test" ....

 

Anche il direttore della MDA (Missile Defense Agency), davanti ai senatori, sostiene a spada tratta il programma ....

 

MDA Boss: Above All, Keep Testing Missile Shield ....

 

Despite the failure of the nation's ballistic missile shield to intercept the target missile in a test earlier this month, Vice Adm. James Syring, Missile Defense Agency director, said he remains confident in the system.

Based on the "models and simulations and ground testing" done to date—in addition to the mixed flight test record—Syring told the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel on July 17 that he thought the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system "would be successful" in defending the nation against a real attack.

That said, it remains crucial to step up the pace of GMD flight testing, he said.

"Our goal is to find out what happened" in the latest flight test on July 5 "and get back to flight testing as soon as possible," he said.

"We cannot stop testing. We must continue to test," he said.

In fact, Syring said he is committed to "more regular testing" of the GMD system.

MDA is requesting the funding to conduct two GMD flight tests in Fiscal 2014, said Syring.

MDA wants to stage "at least one" GMD intercept test in subsequent years, he said.

7/23/2013

 

Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

 

Vice Adm. James Syring .... http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=574

 

 

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Difesa antimissili .... si lavora per l'integrazione dei diversi tipi di sensori ....

 

 

MDA Targets Sensor Integration ....

.... the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is working to better integrate its sensors into a network.

The ultimate goal is to have the entire missile defense system -- GMD, Aegis/SM-3, Thaad and PAC-3 -- operate as a single system where one's sensor can direct another's shooter.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:4e4f7bee-46e9-44bf-abd1-6a4f63e6af0c

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Ancora sulla controversia relativa alla possibile realizzazione di una base di anti-missili sulla costa orientale ....

 

Unresolved Issues Hang Over U.S. Missile Shield ....

 

For the second year in a row, lawmakers will be squabbling this fall over if and when the United States should shore up its defenses against North Korean and Iranian ballistic missiles.

The lightning rod in this debate is a Republican-led proposal to build a new ground-based missile interceptor site on the U.S. East Cost.

Proponents contend that current sites, based in Alaska and California, do not provide enough coverage against a future possible attack by Iran, which is reportedly developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could target the United States.

The deployment of a new site — endorsed by the House in its version of the 2014 defense authorization bill — is one of several controversial items that the Senate will take up in the coming months.

 

Fonte .... http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1224

 

A Ground-Based Interceptor being enplaced in a silo at Vandeberg AFB, California ....

Credit: Missile Defense Agency

 

 

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Tests operativi ....

 

MDA Goes Two For Two In First Operational Test Event ....

 

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency intercepted two separate medium-range ballistic missile targets simulating a small raid attack on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean during the first-ever operational test of this capability Sept. 10.

The trial was previously planned as part of the ongoing campaign to demonstrate U.S. layered missile defenses, and Pentagon officials stress that it was not done as a response to ongoing discussions about an attack against Syria.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_09_10_2013_p0-614997.xml

 

Missile Defense Agency .... http://www.mda.mil/news/13news0007.html

 

Extended Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (EMRBM)

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I tests si succedono ....

 

Aegis Intercepts In First-Ever Salvo Test ....

 

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has achieved its first-ever salvo test of the SM-3 Block IB missile, and the intercept took place at the highest altitude for the system to date.

The first SM-3 IB that was launched successfully intercepted the target, a short-range ballistic missile described as the “one of the most complex targets that we have shot to date,” says Mitch Stevison, Raytheon’s SM-3 program manager.

The target was an Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle-C, Developed by Kratos, Port Hueneme NSWC, MDA.

The second SM-3 IB was launched about 2 min. after the first in accordance with military doctrine for assured kill.

The missile was set to intercept the target if the first SM-3 IB did not.

Since the first missile executed the intercept, the second missile flew a profile through the debris field that it was preprogrammed to fly.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_09_19_2013_p0-618748.xml

 

Missile Defense Agency .... http://www.mda.mil/news/13news0008.html

 

[holmes7]

Contrattone per LM

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/21/us-lockheed-missile-idUSBRE98K00G20130921

[holmes7]

Ancora un test anti missile! Nelle ultime settimane c'e stata una attivita molto serrata, mi chiedo se stanno inviando dei "messaggi a qualcuno".

 

 

http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/37549sm-3-block-1b-scores-another-successful-intercept

 

 

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1280

 

http://www.executivegov.com/2013/10/aegis-system-sm-3-destroy-target-during-test/

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Ancora un test anti missile! Nelle ultime settimane c'e stata una attivita molto serrata, mi chiedo se stanno inviando dei "messaggi a qualcuno".

 

http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/37549sm-3-block-1b-scores-another-successful-intercept

 

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1280

 

http://www.executivegov.com/2013/10/aegis-system-sm-3-destroy-target-during-test/

 

Più che probabile ....

 

Il comunicato della MDA .... http://www.mda.mil/news/13news0009.html

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THAAD per il Qatar ....

 

Lockheed Martin Scores With Air and Missile Defense in the Middle East ....

Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control division (MFC) is a major supplier of defense equipment to the Middle East and that business is about to arise to a new level thanks to an anticipated sale of its Terminal High-Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) to Qatar.

Air and missile defense (AMD) has been a key requirement for most nations in the region for more than 20 years due to the increase of both foreign-purchased and indigenously-developed theater-range ballistic missile (TBM) inventories.

 

Fonte .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/dubai-air-show/2013-11-17/lockheed-martin-scores-air-and-missile-defense-middle-east

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Avanti con lo SM-3 IIA ....

 

Raytheon Eyes Early SM-3 IIA Builds ....

 

Raytheon is preparing to submit a bid to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to build the first batch of SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors while gearing up for the first flight test next year.

The proposal will include the sale of 22 of the missiles, which are now being developed, says Mitch Stevison, SM-3 program director for the company.

They would be purchased by MDA with research and development funding.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_03_13_2014_p0-672417.xml

 

Inoltre ....

 

"Ukraine Refocuses Debate on US Missile Defense" .... http://missilethreat.com/ukraine-refocuses-debate-on-us-missile-defense/

 

Raytheon .... "New, Larger Standard Missile-3 Moves From Design to Testing" .... http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/feature/rms13_sm3_poland/

 

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Il GAO .... persistono problemi e ritardi ....

 

Défense antimissile américaine : échecs et retards ....

 

L’agence américaine responsable du développement et du déploiement des systèmes de défense antimissile (MDA, pour Missile Defense Agency) en prend pour son grade.

Dans un nouveau rapport qui fait le bilan des activités de la MDA pour l’année 2013, le GAO (équivalent américain de la Cour des Comptes) critique le manque de progrès dans la mise à niveau de certains composants du "bouclier" antimissile américain, notamment les système d’interception Aegis et GMD.

 

Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/2014/04/03/21482-defense-antimissile-americaine-echecs-et-retards

 

 

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Difesa ABM .... galleggiante ....

 

 

Huntington-Ingalls’ concept for a BMD supership deserves attention, even if there’s no money for it ....

"Introducing the Ballistic Missile Defense Ship" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:560679b8-c876-4db3-8bfc-9594a14bf289

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Link aggiornato per il post precedente ....

 

"Introducing the Ballistic Missile Defense Ship" .... http://aviationweek.com/blog/introducing-ballistic-missile-defense-ship

 

 

Intanto ....

 

The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency have started to deploy the Raytheon Standard SM-3 Block 1B operationally, the company said in a Wednesday statement.

“The SM-3 Block IB’s completion of initial operational testing last year set the stage for a rapid deployment to theater,” said Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, in a statement released by the company on Wednesday.

 

Fonte .... "U.S. Deploys First SM-3 Block IB Missile" .... http://news.usni.org/2014/04/23/u-s-deploys-first

 

 

[holmes7]

Nuovo test in arrivo

 

http://defensetech.org/2014/06/12/big-test-coming-for-missile-defense-system/

[holmes7]

Altro test

 

http://www.ibtimes.com/us-successfully-tests-aegis-ballistic-missile-defense-system-amid-ongoing-tensions-1720523

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Test Nippo-Americano .....

 

U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Japan Ministry of Defense conducted the first flight test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptor in Point Mugu, Calif., the MDA announced Saturday.

For Control Test Vehicle-01, testers evaluated the missile’s nose cone performance, steering control section function, booster separation, and second- and third-stage rocket motor separation, according to a Raytheon news release.

The missile was launched from a Mk 41 launcher but was not set to intercept a target during this round of testing.

 

Fonte ..... "Navy, Missile Defense Agency, Japan Conduct First Flight Test of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA" ..... http://news.usni.org/2015/06/08/navy-missile-defense-agency-japan-conduct-first-flight-test-of-standard-missile-3-block-iia

 

Raytheon ..... "Bigger & Better: The Evolution of a Ballistic Missile Killer" ..... http://www.raytheon.com/news/feature/rms14_sm-3_land_based_a.html

 

MDA ..... "U.S.-Japan Cooperative Development Project Conducts Successful Flight Test of Standard Missile-3" ..... http://www.mda.mil/news/15news0006.html

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Ce la può fare .....

 

"SM-6 Can Now Kill Both Cruise AND Ballistic Missiles" ..... http://breakingdefense.com/2015/08/sm-6-can-now-kill-both-cruise-and-ballistic-missiles/

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Lockheed Martin ottiene un Importante contratto .....

 

Lockheed Martin has beaten out Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to build a new long-range discrimination radar (LRDR) for the Missile Defense Agency, a vital component to intercepting possible intercontinental ballistic missiles from North Korea and Iran.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a $784 million contract to build the radar.

MDA leaders have called the radar one of their biggest priorities in beefing up homeland ballistic-missile defense, along with improving the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV), a key part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System in California and Alaska.

 

Fonte ..... "Lockheed Wins $784M Long-Range Radar Contract" ..... http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/air-force/2015/10/22/lockheed-wins-784m-long-range-radar-contract/74405952/

 

LM ..... "A New Breed of Radar" ..... http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2015/151022-mst-a-new-breed-of-radar.html

 

U.S. DoD Contracts ..... http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/625153/source/GovDelivery

[Umberto]

Posso chiedervi cosa pensate di questo articolo? sopratutto sulla parte dove dice che gli SM-3 block IIa sarebbero in grado di colpire ICBM https://mostlymissiledefense.com/2016/06/30/strategic-capabilities-of-sm-3-block-iia-interceptors-june-30-2016/

[Gian Vito]

Tra le fonti citate nell'articolo è molto interessante la seguente:

 

http://fas.org/pubs/_docs/2011%20Missile%20Defense%20Report.pdf

 

dove si spiegano le ragioni del perché questi missili potrebbero intercettare solo veicoli di rientro privi di semplici contromisure. In altre parole un attacco limitato, da paesi tecnologicamente poco avanzati.

 

Il momento migliore per colpire un ICBM è durante la fase propulsa. Oppure si possono intercettare i veicoli di rientro al momento della discesa negli strati bassi dell’atmosfera. Nel primo caso la traccia del missile (IR o radar) è molto evidente e non sono state rilasciate ancora le esche. Nel secondo caso le esche si distruggono da sole durante il rientro.

 

Pensare però di intercettare un centinaio di testate nella fase intermedia, ognuna con 20-30 esche, chaff o disturbatori in azione, con sezione radar o termica dissimulata, su traiettorie e quote variabili a volontà…E’ ancor oggi un compito impossibile.

 

 

Ancor peggio, può portare paesi come la Russia o la Cina a ritenere vulnerabile, sia pure in teoria, la forza di dissuasione ed apportare ai missili i miglioramenti necessari a garantire la penetrazione. Con una conseguente ripresa della corsa agli armamenti.

[Umberto]

Ovviamente, non mi aspetto di intercettare 1500 testate, mi chiedevo quanto fosse alto il PK nella fase di rientro, gli icbm sono abbastanza veloci ahah
mitico come al solito Gian!