Navy Interceptor Praised
March 16, 2005 :: News
The recent edition of Navy Times profiles the successes of the Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defense program, which most recently scored another successful intercept during its February 24 test. The Navy Times cites a March 7 briefing, when “an MDA official said the SM-3 hit within single-digit centimeters of the intended target on the warhead.” (Article, Link)
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Sea-Based Missile Defense Intercept Successful
February 24, 2005 :: The Missile Defense Agency :: News
The Missile Defense Agency again today tested the Aegis ballistic missile interceptor system, with the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor successfully destroying a mock enemy missile. The test is the fifth of six tests to have been successful.
The target missile was launched yesterday afternoon from the island of Kauai, of Hawaii. The SM-3 interceptor was subsequently launched from the U.S.S. Lake Erie, some 100 miles from the island, and the hit-to-kill intercept took place minutes later. The U.S.S. Russell and an airborne sensor both participated in the test for the development of future tracking programs. The SM-3 interceptors are scheduled to be deployed on Aegis ships later this year. (Article, Link)
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Aegis SM-3 Interceptors Delivered to MDA
October 25, 2004 :: News
Raytheon has begun to deliver to the Missile Defense Agency the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), the interceptor to be deployed on a number of Aegis cruisers, for sea-based missile defense. The delivery was of the first of five interceptors scheduled for delivery this year.
“Aegis BMD went to sea on Sept. 30, able to track an ICBM and to communicate that information to the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Today we mark the fact that we will soon add firepower to Aegis BMD with the SM-3 missile. It will then be able to participate in the defense of not only the U.S., but of our allies, friends and deployed troops against short-medium range ballistic missiles around the globe,” said Rear Admiral Kathleen Paige, program director Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. (Article, Link)
» MDA release on SM-3 delivery
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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)
» East Asia Intel on Deployment in the Sea of Japan
» Stars and Stripes on 7th Fleet’s new missile tracking role
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Aegis System Undergoes Land Based Test
August 31, 2004 :: Lockheed Martin :: News
The Aegis sea-based missile defense system underwent a test that is being described as a significant marker to its ability to track and eventually destroy ballistic missile targets. The test took place on land at the U.S. Navy Combat System Engineering Development Site, on August 27. No actual targets were launched, but the test rather consisted of simulations in conjunction with the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system which includes the systems at Fort Greely Alaska, and the Command and Control Center in Colorado. According to a report issued by Lockheed about the test, some fifteen Aegis destroyers and three Aegis cruisers will eventually be equipped with the system within the next few years. (Article, Link)
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Naval Version of PAC-3 Under Consideration
July 29, 2004 :: Geostrategy-Direct :: News
A Naval version of the PAC-3 missile defense system is currently under consideration, with a study being done by the Pentagon of its feasibility. Such an interceptor would be capable of being mounted on Aegis ships, and be integrated with the Aegis radar and tracking systems. (Article, Link)
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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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Aegis Missile Interceptors May Be Sold to Japan
May 10, 2004 :: Forbes :: News
In addition to deploying a U.S. Aegis cruiser to the Sea of Japan this year, plans to sell sea-based interceptors to Japan are likely to get the go-ahead, according to a news story in Forbes. Japan is expected to purchase nine SM-3 interceptors for its existing Aegis ships. (Article, Link)
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Japan Planning Missile Purchases, Tests
May 7, 2004 :: News
Japan and the United States have tentatively agreed to conduct a joint, sea-based missile interceptor flight test in late 2005, according to Japan’s Kyodo news, and Inside Missile Defense. The interceptor tested would likely be the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), deployed on Aegis destroyers.
Moreover, Japan has requested to purchase, according to SpaceDaily, nine SM-3 Block 1A missiles and other upgrades, including to the overall Aegis system, worth up to $725 million. (Article, Link)
» Space Daily on Japan’s purchasing, testing plans
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Aegis to Continue to Evolve
April 12, 2004 :: SpaceDaily :: News
The Aegis cruiser based missile interceptor will continue to evolve its capabilities, Lockheed Martin reports. The sea-based system will have a designed-in “open architecture” to permit technological improvements and updates. (Article, Link)
» Update: May 7, 2004: Lockheed has two open architecture plans
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