http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/missile/ en-us Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:27:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044253/posts >font size=4>Military Superiority: China has embarked on an ambitious anti-ship missile program designed to sink American carriers. Unfortunately, due to underspending on defense, we have an anti-ship program all our own.China is developing at least three different anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) designed to take out American carriers coming to Taiwan's defense and may be willing to shop them around to rogue states such as Venezuela and Iran, according to Richard Fisher, a specialist on the Chinese military. Fisher, vice president of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, says two of the missiles are based on the CSS-5, also known as... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044253/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043670/posts Q&A With Christopher Pang, a Middle East Analyst Who Specializes in International Defense Iran test-fired nine missiles today and warned the United States and Israel that it was capable of retaliation against an attack over its disputed nuclear projects. Although the United States has urged Tehran to stop further tests, Iran insists its nuclear ambitions are directed solely at generating electricity. (ABCNews.com) Christopher Pang is the Middle East analyst for the London-based Royal United Services Institute, or RUS, an organization that studies international defense and security. ABC News asked Pang about the implications of Iran's test. How significant was today's... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043670/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043159/posts WASHINGTON, July 9, 2008 – Iran’s test of short- and medium-range missiles is a disturbing development and points to the need for a European missile defense system, Pentagon officials said here today. Iran tested at least seven missiles yesterday, according to news reports, capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe. “Iran’s development of ballistic missiles is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and completely inconsistent with Iran's obligations to the world,” White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said to reporters traveling with President Bush in Japan. “The Iranians should stop the development of ballistic missiles, which could be used... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043159/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042799/posts TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles on Wednesday, state media said, including one which it has said could reach Israel and U.S. bases in the region. The tests occurred at a time of increased tension between Iran and Israel over Tehran's nuclear program, which the West fears is aimed at making bombs. Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, says its program is only for electricity. A New York Times report in June said Israel had practiced an attack on Iranian nuclear sites, and the tension has rattled financial markets. U.S. and London Brent crude... New York Times and Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042799/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:11:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2040606/posts By CINDY HORSWELL Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle TOOLS Email Get section feed Print Recommend (2) Comments (63) Yahoo! Buzz RESOURCES A Continental airliner might have been only a minute away from colliding with what the pilot described as a model rocket that shot past his cockpit window, Federal Aviation Administration records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show. On Memorial Day, the Continental pilot reported being startled by his encounter with this object that "went straight up" and left a long white vapor trail. The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2040606/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036599/posts India, Russia develop airborne supersonic cruise missile 16:49 | 20/ 06/ 2008 NEW DELHI, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture has finished the development of the airborne version of an advanced supersonic missile, the company's managing director has said. Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace designs, produces, and markets supersonic missiles, whose sea-based and land-based versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian Army and Navy. "For the airborne version...we had to reduce the mass of the missile and to ensure aerodynamic stability after its separation from the aircraft. The air-launched platform... Ria Novosti,Russia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036599/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035109/posts The New York Times reported last week that Israel carried out a major military exercise in early June that appears to be a rehearsal “…to develop the military’s capacity to carry out long-range strikes and to demonstrate the seriousness with which Israel views Iran’s nuclear program.” More than 100 Israeli warplanes -- including F-16 and F-15 fighters, refueling tankers and helicopters for pilot rescue - participated in the maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean. The message of the exercise, concludes the Times, was that Israel is prepared to act militarily if diplomatic efforts fail to stop Iran’s nuclear program. Such an... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035109/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029283/posts Excerpt - ISLAMABAD -- (UPDATE) At least 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine were wounded when a missile fired from Afghanistan hit their border post early on Wednesday, security officials told Agence France-Presse. The incident happened after fierce clashes between Pakistani paramilitary troops deployed in the Mohmand tribal region and Afghan forces who claimed the area was part of their territory, the Pakistani officials said. "Sometime after midnight a missile fired from the Afghan side struck our post resulting in the martyrdom of at least 10 soldiers including a commanding officer. Nine soldiers were wounded," one security official said.... Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029283/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029174/posts A pilotless US drone was suspected to have fired a missile into a Pakistani area on the Afghan border on Tuesday, but there was no word on the target or casualties, a government official said, reported The Washington Post, quoting a new agency. The missile was thought to have been fired into the Mohmand tribal area in northwest Pakistan where this year, US-controlled Predator aircraft have struck at least four sites used by Al-Qaeda operatives, killing dozens of suspected militants. "There was an attack by a spy plane close to the Afghan border but we don't have information about casualties... The Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029174/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027193/posts Atlanta -- DVIDS (Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System), a state-of-the-art, 24/7 operation that provides a timely, accurate and reliable connection between the media and the United States military, is now offering a daily e-mail with breaking news stories, imagery, audio and video direct from U.S. Military Public Affairs Detachments covering operations around the world. Feel free to use any of these products in your publication or website as you see fit at no cost. For more information about DVIDS visit www.dvidshub.net . Webcast AEGS Ballistic Missile Defense Fight Test – At 6:30 p.m. EDT tonight visit www.dvidshub.net and click... DVIDS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027193/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026316/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The garden is in full bloom at Abdul Qadeer Khan's house. A lazy summer haze has settled over his manse, and at the small police substation across the way, several men chitchatted amiably on a recent day, barely glancing at the upscale villa that for the past four years has been part prison, part palatial refuge for the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb. Until very recently, Khan has been virtually cut off from the world -- banished to house arrest by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after admitting in a national television broadcast in 2004 to selling nuclear... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026316/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023879/posts North Korea fired short-range missiles off coast-Yonhap 31 May 2008 04:35:18 GMT Source: Reuters By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, May 31 (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its west coast on Friday, the South's Yonhap news agency cited government officials as saying, on a day Pyongyang's media also launched a tirade of abuse at President Lee Myung-bak. "... it appears the firing of the missiles was part of a regular exercise to check the performance," Yonhap quoted an unnamed South Korean Defence Ministry as saying on Saturday. A similar launch in March riled regional tensions and was seen... Alertnet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023879/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 04:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022517/posts No hobby clubs had requested or been granted clearance to launch high-powered model rockets on Memorial Day when a Continental Airlines pilot reported seeing such an object zoom past his cockpit window, authorities said Tuesday. The FBI and Federal Aviation Administration continued to review the radar history of Flight 1544, which departed with 148 passengers from George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 10:17 a.m. Monday. The flight's crew, en route to Cleveland, Ohio, spotted an object with a white vapor trail about eight miles northeast of Houston's airport. While the data is still under review, FBI spokesman Rich Kolko of Washington,... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022517/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 17:22:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021609/posts HOUSTON -- Federal officials are working to find out just what happened in the sky over Houston this morning. Continental Flight 1544 was 11 miles east of Bush Intercontinental Airport after takeoff this morning, when the pilot called the tower to report an object near the plane. The plane was at about 5,000 feet at the time of the report and the flight continued on to Cleveland. Sources told 11 News that the flight was met by Continental officials and FAA investigators to interview the passengers and crew. KHOU TV, Houston, TX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021609/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 22:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021274/posts The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that an independent command could be created within in his force to strengthen the country's missile programme, the Fars news agency reported. afp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021274/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 02:22:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020286/posts (IsraelNN.com) IDF soldiers uncovered missiles and anti-tank rocket launchers in a Gaza schoolyard in late Thursday. The anti-tank missile launcher and a stack of missiles were found at a school in Sajaiya, in northern Gaza, during routine counter-terrorism operations. ) The Israel Air Force reports hitting two members of a terror cell carrying anti-tank weapons in southern Gaza, after an IDF soldier was moderately wounded in a firefight with terrorists in the area early Friday morning. The soldier was struck down when terrorists fired anti-tank shells at the troops. He was airlifted to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. Soldiers... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020286/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 16:46:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016188/posts (IsraelNN.com) Arab terrorists in Gaza fired two Grad Katyusha missiles at southern Ashkelon late Wednesday afternoon, and one rocket scored a direct hit on a children's medical clinic inside a shopping center. Parts of the building collapsed, trapping four people for a half-hour. At least 94 people had been rushed to Barzilai Medical Center by 8:30 p.m., most suffering severe post-traumatic stress reactions. A spokesman for the local Fire Department stated that the powerful rocket hit the building's 3rd floor and crashed down to the floor below. He said the firefighters rescued four people - including a little girl -... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016188/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 04:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014782/posts New Delhi: With a second successful test of the 3,500 km intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), Agni-III, already in the bag, Indian defence scientists are planning to test a long range 5,000 km, IRBM by the end of the year. According to Aviansh Chander, project director, the planning process for the test launch of the Agni-IV was in the final stages, now that the Agni-III had reached the stage of operationalisation. He indicated Monday that test flights could be scheduled for the end of the year, once government clearance was received. According to Chander, an intercontinental range of 5,000-km would... Domain B http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014782/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014435/posts WASHINGTON, May 11, 2008 – A U.S. Hellfire missile killed an insurgent near the site of a roadside-bomb attack in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district today, U.S. military officials said. A vehicle was destroyed while another insurgent fled the scene. “Our soldiers, along with the Iraqi security forces, continue to meet with the local populace to identify these criminal elements and eliminate the threat they pose,” said Army Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “We will continue to use precision fire to defend the Iraqi people and ourselves against these criminal elements.” In yesterday’s operations:... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014435/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 16:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013240/posts NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday entered a select club of nations possessing intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) with a range of up to 3,000 km, when it successfully test-fired, surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Agni-III missile. With this, the Indian security establishment has acquired the capability to hit targets deep inside China, including Beijing and Shanghai. The all-solid fuel missile took off from Wheelers Island off the coast of Orissa 9:56 am and achieved its full range and accuracy by reaching its pre-designated target in 800 seconds. ”The missile is now ready for induction,’’ visibly happy DRDO scientists said after the missile achieved... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013240/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 21:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009095/posts   Monday's launch was carried live on state television India is well known today for its software and information technology industry.Less well known is that in a nation where more than 300 million people live on less than $1 a day, it is also a real force to reckon with when it comes to top class rocket and satellite technology. On Monday the Indian space agency created a world record by successfully launching 10 satellites in one go. That shattered the previous record of a Russian rocket that successfully launched eight satellites last year. Launching 10 satellites requires immense... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009095/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007942/posts BANGALORE, India (AFP) — An Indian rocket blasted off and successfully launched a cluster of 10 satellites in a single mission Monday, marking a milestone for the country's 45-year-old space programme.The PSLV rocket lifted off at 9:20 am (0350 GMT) from the Sriharikota space station in southern India in clear weather, leaving behind a massive trail of orange and white smoke, on its 13th flight."The mission was perfect," G. Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Bangalore-based Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said after the launch telecast live by the broadcaster Doordarshan. "Team ISRO has done it again.""It is a historic moment... Agence France-Presse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007942/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:17:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006251/posts Iran Booted From Defense Show for Displaying Missile Systems April 24, 2008 The Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's deputy prime minister says Iran has been ordered to leave an international defense show in Kuala Lumpur. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said Iranian firms exhibited missile systems at the Defense Services Asia show that were "offensive" and contravened U.N. resolutions. Najib told reporters Thursday that Malaysian authorities had "no option" but to tell Iran to leave. The annual show began Monday with hundreds of exhibitors from about 50 nations. Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006251/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:04:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006187/posts KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Iran has been kicked out of an international defense show in Malaysia for exhibiting missile equipment in violation of U.N. rules, an official said Thursday. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said Iranian companies were ordered out of the Defense Services Asia show Tuesday because their exhibition was deemed "offensive." AP via International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006187/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:50:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005531/posts In the movie "Armageddon," Bruce Willis and company jury-rig a nuclear bomb in spectacular seat-of-their pants fashion to break up a colossal asteroid before it hits the Earth and kills everything but the cockroaches. In real life, the United States military pulled off a slightly less ambitious mission -- shooting down a dying spy satellite late Wednesday -- but for similar stakes, the elimination of a threat to human life posed by 1,000 lbs. of deadly rocket fuel on board the crippled bird. Or so the official story line goes. A U.S. Navy Aegis cruiser, the Lake Erie, launched an... crn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005531/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:50:19 GMT