Aegis Missile Tracking Ships Now on Patrol in Sea of Japan
September 3, 2004 :: Defense News :: News
The U.S. Navy has begun patrols in the Sea of Japan with its Aegis ships, which are equipped to detect and track ballistic missiles, such as those which could be launched from North Korea and China. Some 15 Aegis destroyers and 3 Aegis cruisers are currently being modified for the missile detection duty. (Article, Link)
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Athens Deploys Patriot Missile Defenses for Olympics
July 28, 2004 :: BBC :: News
In preparation for the August Olympics, Greece has deployed dozens of the American Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) air and missile defense system at three sites around Athens, as well as additional interceptors near the more northern city of Thessaloniki and on the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea. Lieutenant Colonel Agamemnon Koliakos is quoted as saying that the Patriots form “an anti-missile umbrella formed in the Athens region for the protection of the Olympic Games.” The Patriots will remain on alert until October 5. (Article, Link)
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Second Interceptor in Ground by Mid-August
July 27, 2004 :: News
According to InsideDefense.com, the second of six planned interceptors for Fort Greely, Alaska could be installed by mid-August. Additional interceptors would likely be installed in October. (Link)
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First Ground Based Interceptor Lowered Into Alaska Silo
July 22, 2004 :: Department of Defense :: News
The first Ground-Based Interceptor was today lowered into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, one of many which will soon form the first line of defense against long range ballistic missiles from countries such as North Korea. Five additional interceptors will be deployed in Alaska by the end of September, for a total of six. An additional ten are scheduled to be added to Fort Greely by the end of 2005, as well as an additional four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, for a total of twenty. The interceptors form a major part of the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system.
The first interceptor uses an Orbital booster, and will be armed with the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, or EKV. Although placed inside the silo, it is not yet operational. (Article, Link)
» Orbital press release
» MDA release
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Aegis Ships to Begin Monitoring North Korean Missiles in September
July 15, 2004 :: Bloomberg :: News
Six Aegis destroyers are being equipped to use their radars to track potential missile launches by North Korea, and will begin patrolling the Sea of Japan in September, roughly the same time that the first interceptors of the ground based missile defense system will become operational.
In the event of a missile launch, the ships’ radar would track the missile, and relay its information to a central location in Colorado, and ultimately to the missile interceptors themselves, which will be deployed in California and Alaska. (Article, Link)
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TX Senator John Cornyn Supporting Missile Defense
May 24, 2004 :: Analysis
Texas Senator John Cornyn writes in today’s Houston Chronicle that, despite the opposition of Democrats for insufficient testing, it is important to remember that some level of missile defense is better than none.
Writes Cornyn: “Either America provides some level of defense against long-range ballistic missile threats now, or delays and leaves the nation unguarded - perhaps indefinitely - while waiting for a perfect system to be developed.”
There is in reality no silver bullet, or perfect defense, which arms controllers typically hold up as the only acceptable form of BMD. Some is better than none, more is better than less, and a layered missile defense is superior to a reliance upon any single form of defense. (Article, Link)
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