Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Marian Houk
In Bucharest today, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley indicated they were very pleased by the support they feel the U.S. has gotten from the NATO alliance for its missile defense proposals in Europe.
Rice told journalists: “…we have a breakthrough document on missile defense for the Alliance. Again, [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Not 24 or even 48 hours after the satellite shoot-down by a (ballistic) missile fired from a U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific some 130 miles up into space at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour, but days later, there is a qualified statement of success.
The AP reported that “The Pentagon said Monday it [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Marian Houk
Does he look nervous or bothered? He just had ten seconds to get it right — the relatively junior U.S. Naval Officer who launched the missile that apparently shot down a falling U.S. satellite.
The Defense Department photo caption reads: “U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Jackson activates a modified tactical Standard Missile-3 from [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Marian Houk
So, this is perhaps good news, if true — at least for those who were worried about dangers from falling debris.
But it might be bad news for U.S. - Russian relations…
Just a couple of hours after a total lunar eclipse, the U.S. Navy reported it managed to shoot down the falling American satellite — on [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The U.S. has announced that air and sea traffic should stay clear of an area of the Pacific starting at 10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, less than four hours from now, in case an order can be given to fire a missile from a navy ship to shoot down a falling satelite.
U.S. President Bush has [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2008 by Marian Houk
According to a report from the Associated Press, “Russia said Saturday that U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America’s missile defense system. The Pentagon failed to provide ‘enough arguments’ to back its plan to smash the satellite next week with a missile, Russia’s [...]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Marian Houk
China shot down one of its own “old” space satellites in January 2007 — apparently with hopes of influencing debate at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, where China has been fighting for years to see work begin on a treaty on the prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS).
The U.S. has refused, [...]
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