Archives
Recent
NCADE
The latest round of State Department cables released by Wikileaks have hardly been surprising to anyone who follows foreign affairs. North Korea is a crazy state that everyone in the region wishes would collapse. Iran is the problem that dominates the security concerns of all its neighbors. State Department
. . . Read more
Date:
11/30/2010
While good for U.S.-Israeli relations and the defensive needs of a close U.S. ally, the Obama Administration’s decision to provide a rapid infusion of funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system is also an ominous sign that the security situation in the region continues to deteriorate. Hezbollah
. . . Read more
Date:
5/17/2010
The Missile Defense Agency faces some big challenges as it adjusts its investment agenda to the priorities of the Obama Administration. First, it has been directed to put more emphasis on interception of hostile missiles early in their trajectories, but funding has been cut for most of the defensive
. . . Read more
Date:
11/13/2009
According to a recently published white paper, the Air Force believes that it faces a growing asymmetric disadvantage against the growing ballistic missile threat. Based on the 2008 Unified Engagement joint war game, the white paper went on to state that “In future fights there will not be enough
. . . Read more
Date:
9/14/2009
Sometime this autumn the Obama Administration will announce it is abandoning plans to build a missile-defense complex in Eastern Europe. Since the administration has repeatedly warned of the danger posed by Iran's development of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, the White House will have
. . . Read more
Date:
9/9/2009
N is for net-centric and the Air Force’s latest move to get ahead in the ballistic missile defense game depends on it. The Net Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) is a modified AMRAAM air-to-air missile primed to chase and hit enemy ballistic missiles. Fighters such as the F-15, F-16, F-22
. . . Read more
Date:
7/29/2009



