Sec. of Navy: U.S. to Deploy Aegis Destroyer in Sea of Japan This Year
March 23, 2004 :: Reuters :: News
In addition to the land-based interceptors at Fort Greeley, Alaska, the United States will also be deploying an Aegis cruiser as part of the missile defense deployment scheduled to take place by September 30, according to Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, speaking in commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
The announcement comes as good news, indicating that deployment is on schedule, and that the land-based system will be supplemented and expanded. (More »»»)
» Text of Secretary England’s remarks on missile defense
» Japan pleased with US plans to deploy Aegis
» Sec. England outlines plan through 2006
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Aegis Sale to Taiwan Initially Approved
March 8, 2004 :: Inside the Ring (Washington Times) :: News
In the weekly Inside the Ring, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough note that the Pentagon has now for the first time approved the sale of the Aegis cruiser battle-management systems, which include the sea-based missile defense program.
As noted here, the Aegis system includes a large phased-array radar with a range to track objects of some hundreds of miles, and include satellites in space. The Aegis is described as the “core” of the sea-based missile defense system, now set to be deployed for the defense of America in 2005.
The approved sale comes less than two weeks before the March 20 referendum in Taiwan over whether missile defenses are the right response to the nearby Chinese missile buildup. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: Allies, Policy, Sea-Based Systems, Taiwan
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Aegis BMD May Be Deployed By Early 2005
February 25, 2004 :: National Defense :: News
According to the March issue of National Defense magazine, the Navy is preparing to put Aegis crusiers’ missile defense systems on alert by early 2005. The Navy’s current plan is said to be the deployment of three Aegis ships armed with interceptors capable of destroying short- and medium-range enemy ballistic missiles in their midcourse phase above the atmosphere. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: ABM Treaty, Policy, Sea-Based Systems
» Missile system details for: Aegis Ship-Based BMD
Aegis Missile Defense Test Successful
December 11, 2003 :: Department of Defense :: News
The Missile Defense Agency and the Navy today conducted the fourth test of the Aegis sea-based missile defense system, which was a success. The test involved the launch of a short range target missile from Kauai, Hawaii. Some two minutes later, a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor was launched from the USS Lake Erie Aegis cruiser. Two minutes after this, the SM-3 intercepted and destroyed the target missile with its own kinetic force.
Before the USS Lake Erie launched its SM-3 missile, however, it received additional tracking information conveyed from another Aegis destroyer, the USS Russell, located near the island of Kauai, to serve as a test of coordinating multiple sources of tracking information.
After being put onto the right course by the SM-3 missile, the kinetic warhead tracked and closed upon the target missile, finally impacting it at an altitude of 137 km and at a closing speed of some 3.7 km/sec.
The Aegis system is one of the many “hit to kill” technologies which demonstrates time and again it is indeed possible to “hit a bullet with a bullet.” The sea-based system is but one important part of the layered defense necessary to protect the United States.
Update: The director of the Pentagon’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation, Thomas Christie, told Inside the Pentagon in a December 15 interview that the Aegis Test was a “success.”
“It showed you can…pick up the [enemy] missile after it was launched, with the destroyer passing information to the cruiser, which had the Standard Missile-3 intercept the target,” the Pentagon’s top test official noted.
Christie also said the intercept gave the Pentagon confidence in its plan for a layered missile defense system that utilizes different components at different stages of the operation. (Article, Link)
» Picture of missile launch
» More stories on: Sea-Based Systems, Technology, Testing - American
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EU, China to Cooperate on Galileo Satellites
September 21, 2003 :: Space.com :: News
The European Union and China will jointly finance the European Galileo satellite-navigation system, according to an annoucement by the European Commission on September 19.
The 30-satellite constellation, tentatively slated to be deployed by 2008, would resemble the American “GPS” system.
Just as the United States is heavily dependent upon its GPS system for modern warfare, so the Galileo system could have significant strategic advantages for China. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: China, Sea-Based Systems
SBX Radar Base Chosen
August 15, 2003 :: Department of Defense :: News
The Missile Defense Agency has announced Adak, Alaska, as the basing location for the Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar, a floating platform which will be integrated with the Ground Based Missile Defenses at the Fort Greeley site. The SBX vessel is a modified oil drilling platform measuring 390 feet long and 250 feet high, with a displacement of 50,000 tons.
During the last months some Alaskan towns have been actively campaigning for, and others against, receipt of the base.
The MDA completed an extensive study on the environmental impact of this and other components related to the GBD system. (Article, Link)
» MDA’s Environmental Impact Documents
» More stories on: Sea-Based Systems, Technology
» Missile system details for: Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)
Sea Based Missile Test Fails for First Time
June 18, 2003 :: The Missile Defense Agency :: News
After successfully intercepting its targeted missile in its first three tests, the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy reported that the SMC-3 sea-based interceptor mounted on an Aegis cruiser failed to complete an intercept in its fourth and latest test. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: Sea-Based Systems, Testing - American
» Missile system details for: Aegis Ship-Based BMD
Aegis Sea Based Test Successful
November 21, 2002 :: Department of Defense :: News
From the Pentagon today:
“The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy announced today a successful flight test in the continuing development of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Flight Mission-4 (FM-4) involved the firing of a developmental Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) from the Aegis ballistic missile defense cruiser USS Lake Erie to engage a ballistic missile target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.” (Article, Link)
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