Yorkshire CND - News Items on Missile Defense

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Missile Defence/Star Wars News Items 2006 back News items from: 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 \| 1999 New Radar At Lekhtusi: A Shield Against Missile Attacks - 27/12/06 S. Korea`s BMD plans - 22/12/06 US Defense Secretary Bob Gates Backs ABM Plans - 19/12/06 U.S. on collision course with Russia - 15/12/06 Russian Military Chief Warns Of US Anti-Missile Shield Impact - 14/12/06 Raytheon Confident On FBT-X - 14/12/06 Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar - 14/12/06 USAF Awards GD Contract For Alternative Infrared Satellite System - 12/12/06 Missile defense system alters an outpost - 11/12/06 Missile Defense Taking Shape in Alaska - 10/12/06 Dual Missile Test Fails Off Hawaii - 8/12/06 Democrats to Gut Missile Defense/Bush to Announce "Orbital Battle Station" - 3/12/06 US Ballistic Missile Defense Spending May Double - 9/11/06 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Rolls Out Modified Aircraft And Prepares For Flight Tests - 30/10/06 USAF Seeks SBIRS Alternatives - 26/10/06 Who can Europe-based missiles threaten? - 17/10/06 Cheyenne Mountain war room to close - 16/10/06 Russia, NATO to hold joint missile defense exercise - 14/10/06 US to strengthen military ties with Asian partners - 11/10/06 Canada Response to North Korea Test - 11/10/06 Japan, US to step up missile defence work - 9/10/06 US missile defense said ready for N.Korea threat - 9/10/06 Canada: Tories shoot down missile defence - 6/10/06 Experts warn of an accidental atomic war - 6/10/06 Russia to respond appropriately to missile defense in Poland - 4/10/06 Protest at Fylingdales - 4/10/06 Communist stage local march against U.S. anti-missile base - 4/10/06 A Ballistic Missile Defense Arms Race - 3/10/06 Russia warns Poland against hosting U.S. or NATO missile-defense site - 3/10/06 Japanese mayor protests US missile defense - 2/10/06 U.S. defense gear said to arrive in Asia - 30/9/06 Congress okays joint project funding - 30/9/06 Conspicuous in its absence - 27/9/06 Additional missile defense system funds secured - 24/9/06 Poland is willing to host U.S. missile defense site - 22/9/06 Contract Award for NATO's Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme - 21/9/06 Nearly half of Poles against missile-defence site- 21/9/06 Contract Award for NATO's Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme - 19/9/06 26 Nations Begin the Building of Missile Defense to Defend Europe - 18/9/06 Poland PM, Rice Discuss Missile Defense - 13/9/06 Czech defence minister prefers missile base within NATO - 9/9/06 Czech Govt Under Fire Over US Missile Plans - 9/9/06 Latest tests not seen resolving missile-defense questions - 8/9/06 Protest against US missile defence base held in Prague - 7/9/06 New US Missile Defense Test Boosts Confidence of Developers - 4/9/06 Vandenberg launch a success for missile defense system - 2/9/06 The missile defense mirage - 31/8/06 Bad weather scrubs anti-missile test - 31/8/06 U.S. needs ability to intercept missiles - 31/8/06 Czech opposition to US base grows - 24/8/06 U.S. may send second X-band radar to guard Japan - 22/8/06 U.S. Navy to double BMD ships - 22/8/06 Petition in support of defence missile base appears on internet - 22/8/06 Pentagon admits "gaps" in cruise missile defenses - 22/8/06 Boletice will not host US missile site - 19/8/06 U.S. experts say missile site would also serve EU's defence - 18/8/06 Czech experts hold talks in US on missile base - 17/8/06 Raytheon wins missile-defense contract - 17/8/06 Northrop to get $2.5 bln more for missile defense - 16/8/06 "Star Wars" ageny helps Israel on rocket threat - 15/8/06 Poles Reject Role in US Missile Shield - 14/8/06 All three Czech military grounds possible for anti-missile site - 10/8/06 Poles oppose US missile base in country - 10/8/06 Most Czechs want eferendum on US site in Czech Republic - 9/8/06 A Star Wars Failure - 8/8/06 Missile defense base decision expected by end of August - 7/8/06 Opponents to U.S. army base say public TV had biased reports - 7/8/06 US turns back to Britain as its base for Son of Star Wars - 5/8/06 US slaps sanctions on Russian groups for selling arms to Iran - 5/8/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 205 - 4/8/06 N. Korea building missile bases targeting Japan, US troops - 3/8/06 North American Aerospace Defense Combat Operations Center To Be Mothballed - 3/8/06 Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Hits Target on Kamchatka Peninsula - 3/8/06 Iran working with N.Korea on missiles - 3/8/06 New North Korean Missile Bases Target US Military in Japan - 3/8/06 BMD Dreams and Realities - 3/8/06 Eastern Europe Shuns Missile Shield - 2/8/06 How modern-day menace shut the Cold War's secret mountain - 1/8/06 The Illusion of Operational Readiness of National Missile Defense - 7/06 Former 49er leading defense on missile program - 31/7/06 US Mulls Sanctions After North Korean Missile Test - 31/7/06 US Ready to Isolate North Korea over Nuclear Weapons - 30/7/06 NORAD leaving Cheyenne Mountain - 28/7/06 The Viability of the Russian ICBM Stockpile - 28/7/06 Missile defence plan will be ready by fall - 27/7/06 U.S. completes survey of Czech locations for possible missile defense base - 26/7/06 All three Czech military grounds possible for anti-missile site - 26/7/06 U.S., Japan to Start Deploying Missile Interceptors - 21/7/06 Defiant US Fires Long-Range Test Missile - 20/7/06 Czechs against proposed US missile base - 19/7/06 US mission: missile defense base in Europe - 18/7/06 US defence giants set to be snubbed in MoD missile deal - 16/7/06 The Eye in the Sky Does Not Lie - 14/7/06 Indian ICBM Fail Major Test - 14/7/06 Japan Mulls Missile Defense Capability - 11/7/06 Hunter vows to boost U.S. missile defense capabilities - 11/7/06 U.S. Expands Missile Defense Dialogue with Israel - 11/7/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 204 - 10/7/06 North Korean test to bolster U.S. missile defense program - 9/7/06 Missile defense 'modest,' says Bush - 8/7/06 Tokyo to step up joint missile defense program - 7/7/06 Report recommends renewed investment in missile defense - 7/7/06 U.S.-led missile defense was in place for test-firings - 7/7/06 Japan's defense chief wants to speed up joint missile shield with US - 6/7/06 At Vandenberg... - 5/7/06 North Korea launches missiles, UN Council to meet - 5/7/06 Can America's Missile Defense Handle North Korea? - 3/7/06 Europe Missile-Defense Site Needed - 30/6/06 Bush enlists Koizumi on missiles stance - 29/6/06 Korea Requests 48 SM-2 Block IIIB Standard Missiles - 28/6/06 US To Deploy Anti-Missile Radar In Japan - 26/6/06 US Presses Czechs For Signal On Willingness To Host Anti-Missile Base - 26/6/06 Missiles Going in at U.S. Bases in Japan - 26/6/06 Media uncritically reported md - 26/6/06 U.S. Navy intercepts missile in defense test - 26/6/06 Missile defense hubris - 26/6/06 US, Japan Expand Missile-Defense Plan - 23/6/06 For N. Korean Missile, US Defense is Hit or Miss - 22/6/06 U.S. Says Missile-Defense System Limited - 22/6/06 U.S., Japan Sign Defense Pact - 22/6/06 USA to conduct missile defence test off Hawaii - 22/6/06 US activates missile defence amid N. Korea concern - 20/6/06 Russia to deploy new strategic weapons - 20/6/06 Boost Phase Blues Impact Missile Shield Developments - 16/6/06 Greens Candidate for Senate Calls on Clinton, Sentate to Cut "Star Wars" - 15/6/06 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile Passes Key Test - 14/6/06 RTI Selected Lockhead Martin Team for the Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System - 13/6/06 North Korea Flexes Missile Muscle to Grab US Attention - 13/6/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 203 - 12/6/06 LockMart Completes Testing of Aegis Weapon System for Norway - 12/6/06 Land-Based ABM Market Continues As Most Profitable Sector - 12/6/06 India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile - 12/6/06 Russia, China Warn of Space Arms Race - 9/6/06 S Korean FM Deeply Concerned Over N Korean Missile Activity - 9/6/06 'Operational' missile defense undefined - 6/6/06 Playing with nuclear fire - 4/6/06 Military confirms another interceptor at Fort Greely - 2/6/06 Weapons in space: How can Russia respond to US threat? - 1/6/06 Peace Protestors Arrested at Menwith Hill, Yorkshire - 1/6/06 BASIC Calls for Declassification of NATO's Missile defence Study - 31/5/06 Base trespassing suspects bailed - 31/5/06 Three Poles Walk into a GMD Site ... - 28/5/06 US mulls building missile defense base in Czech Republic or Poland - 25/5/06 Faith-Based Missile Defense: The Folly of Star Wars - 25/5/06 First at-Sea Demonstration of Sea-Based Terminal Capability Successfully Completed - 25/5/06 Navy Shoots Down Missile in Test Near Hawaii - 25/5/06 Star Wars in Iraq a Reality? - 24/5/06 China's weapons buildup alarms Pentagon - 24/5/06 Russia Has "Asymmetric Response" to U.S. Missile Defense Plans - 24/5/06 Cold War Not Over - 24/5/06 Russia Troubled by US Plans to Establish 'Star Wars' Bases in Europe - 23/5/06 US Close to Announcing Deal to Construct Missile Defence System in Central Europe - 23/5/06 The Bush Administration Exports Star Wars Foolishness - 23/5/06 Son of Star Wars� missiles will not be sent to UK - 23/5/06 US is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles - 22/5/06 MIT Review Clears School in Delaying Fraud Probe - 20/5/06 Harper's Next Move - 18/5/06 SBIRS Software Completed - 16/5/06 Top missile designer says new Russian missiles resistant to enemy first strike - 16/5/06 Kremlin Voices Concern At US Conventional Missile Plans - 15/5/06 Canada: Tories pledge missile defence free vote - 13/5/06 Christian think tank says NORAD agreement decreases Canadian independence - 12/5/06 U.S. backs missile defense cooperation with Russia - 12/5/06 Canada likes NATO proposal for missile defence - 12/5/06 NATO to build missile defence system for Europe - 12/5/06 Boeing Completes Missile Defense Silo Modification Tests - 12/5/06 Anti-terror case of peace pair still under scrutiny - 11/5/06 U.S. Seeks To Expand Umbrella of Missile Defense Coverage - 11/5/06 THAAD Radar Performs Flawlessly in Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Flight Test - 11/5/06 More Weapons in Russia - 10/5/06 Boeing tests ABM silo systems - 10/5/06 Russia, NATO to conduct missile defense exercises in fall - 10/5/06 Japanese destroyer to join U.S. missile test - 9/5/06 Congress clash looms on BMD funding - 8/5/06 Community Leaders Tour Cheyenne Mountain Facility - 6/5/06 Missile defense radar leaves Hawaii - 6/5/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 201 - 5/5/06 MPs set to renew Norad defence agreement with U.S. - 5/5/06 Koizumi BMD Legacy - 5/5/06 House Armed Services Committee Takes a Whack at Missile Defense and Space Weapons Programs - 4/5/06 US Intends To Build Anti-Satellite Lasers - 4/5/06 Administration Conducting Research Into Laser Weapon - 3/5/06 Reach Out and Fry Someone - 3/5/06 Key points of Japan-US realignment road map - 3/5/06 Missile Defense Test Conducted At Hawaii - 1/5/06 Canadian Prime Minister Harper Defies Ballistic Missile Defense Critics - 1/5/06 Lockheed launches missile-defense payload - 1/5/06 Infrared missile-defense subsystem shipped - 1/5/06 US, Japan Reaffirm Commitment on Security Cooperation - 1/5/06 LM Delivers Components For Missile Warning Satellite - 1/5/06 Orbital Launches Second Missile Defense Target Rocket - 1/5/06 Canadian Tories quietly expand NORAD - 29/4/06 Missile Defense Boost Vehicle To Get Orbus 1a Motors - 28/4/06 Raytheon And ATK Demonstrate SM-3 Block IA Third Stage Rocket Motor - 28/4/06 The allies America needs - 27/4/06 Missile Defense Radar Returns to Hawaii - 27/4/06 House panel restricts missile defense - 26/4/06 Russia tests missile, official says U.S. missile-defense plans a threat - 23/4/06 Russian Rocket Woes Undermining Confidence In Nuclear Arsenal - 20/4/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 200 - 17/4/06 Russia Working to Upgrade ICBM Arsenal - 17/4/06 Lockheed Martin launches missile defense system - 17/4/06 How Star Wars Came to the Arctic - 15/4/06 Missile Defense Site Named After President Reagan - 13/4/06 US close to announcing a missile defense facility in Czech Republic or Poland - 12/4/06 Brits not yet talking about hosting U.S. interceptors - 12/4/06 Raytheon lands Missile Defense Agency radar work - 11/4/06 Is the Japanese-US missile defense program changing the Asain military balance? - 10/4/06 Poland mulls US defense base offer - 10/4/06 US Has Missile Defense System In Place - 7/4/06 Yorkshire 'could get Son of Star Wars missiles' - 6/4/06 Helen and Sylvia, the new face of terrorism - 6/4/06 US to deploy advanced missile defense radar in Japan - 5/4/06 International Cooperation on Missile Defense Capabilities Growing - 4/4/06 Lack of oversight endangers missile defense - 4/4/06 Former Head Of Star Wars Program Says Cheney Main 9/11 Suspect - 4/4/06 Accountability Office Finds Itself Accused - 2/4/06 Indian-American Blows Whistle On Nuclear Missile Defense - 2/4/06 What if by sea? - 4/06 BMD Dreams and Realities - 31/3/06 Giant missile defense radar leaves Pearl Harbor for Alaska - 31/3/06 US Invites Indian Officers To STRATCOM - 30/3/06 MPs concerned UK will station new US missile defence system - 30/3/06 Aomori gov. approves hosting of U.S. missile defense radar - 30/3/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 199 - 29/3/06 China Testing Missile Defense System - 28/3/06 Missile Defense Key Security Element says US Official - 27/3/06 Missile Defense Program Wasteful and Unnecessary - 26/3/06 Britain is 'likely base for son of Star Wars' - 24/3/06 U.S. missile science slumping - 24/3/06 US, Japan to discuss realignment - 23/3/06 US Missile Defence Turns 'Major Corner' - 22/3/06 US grapples with missile defense command,control - 22/3/06 Defense Dept Removes Critical Report from Website - 22/3/06 Missile Defense Technology Valid, General Says - 21/3/06 Missile Defense Funding Soars to New Heights - 3/06 Military builds up its bases in Iraq - 21/3/06 NATO to knit anti-missile defences - 21/3/06 Missile defense network open to cyberattack - 20/3/06 Quality control works - 17/3/06 Launch of NATO's ALTBMD Programme - 16/3/06 Security flaws could cripple missile defense network - 16/3/06 Japan now top US BMD partner - 15/3/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 198 - 13/3/06 Outside View Flawed Missile War Game - 13/3/06 Japan Hails Interceptor Missile Test With US - 10/3/06 Latest missile-defense test is successful - 9/3/06 Japan missile defense radar to be fully functional by year's end - 9/3/06 Missile 'mistake' backfires on N Korea - 8/3/06 Japan, US to jointly test missile defence system this week - 7/3/06 Missile defense test to use simulated target - 7/3/06 Test launch unit earns Outstanding rating - 6/3/06 Defense Dept to investigate claims of missile research fraud - 4/3/06 Poland tops Pentagon list for US missile defence site - 4/3/06 Missile defense radar to be deployed in Japan - 3/3/06 US to Strengthen Missile Defence Against N. Korea - 3/3/06 Russia rattles missile treaty - 2/3/06 Canada renews war of words over American missile defense system - 2/3/06 USS Hopper Supports BMD in 'Sky Hunter' - 28/2/06 Boeing GMD Team Launches Target Tests Upgraded Radar - 26/2/06 US rebuffs bid to reopen missile defence talks with Canada - 24/2/06 Expect fireworks - 23/2/07 Canada Takes First Step On BMD - 23/2/06 Canadian Defence Minister Open to Missile Plan - 23/2/06 Missile launched from Alaska in latest test for US defence system - 23/2/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 197 - 22/2/06 Exclude missiles in US-Canada defence pact - 22/2/06 Missile Defense Agency re-ups Raytheon for ballistic missile work - 21/2/06 US, Canada to update defense treaty - 20/2/06 Missile Defence Decision Could Be Undone - 16/2/06 'Fireflies' plague BMD laser - 16/2/06 Directed energy lasers - fact or fiction? - 16/2/06 Minuteman III Launched - 16/2/06 US Ship To Bring Missile Defense Shield To Japan - 15/2/06 Pentagon Demotes Airborne Laser Program - 15/2/06 Bush's budget would up missile defense spending - 15/2/06 Missile Defense Agency gives Raytheon $48M for algorithm development - 14/2/06 Missile Defense Agency Budget Estimate in the FY 2007 - from the CDI, 13/2/06 Sea-Based X-Band Radar - 13/2/06 Rumsfeld's first strike vision - 9/2/06 US to deploy radar system in Japan within 6 months - 8/2/06 New US Missile Strategy to Focus on N.Korea - 7/2/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 196 - 6/2/06 More work set for Greely - 5/2/06 Bush Silent on BMD Success - 2/2/06 Russia to Build New Early Warning Missile Defense Base - 1/2/06 US Defense Bills Passed, Nuclear Questions Raised - 1-2/06 Putin says Russia has missiles capable of piercing missile defence - 31/1/06 Missile defense in 2006: now more controversial than ever - 30/1/06 Reporter extends apology for war game folly - 30/1/06 BMD will cost $247 billion by 2024 - 25/1/06 Missile defense costs $10 billion a year. What do we get for that? - 24/1/06 US stages missile defense "war games" - 24/1/06 On way to Alaska, X-Band radar makes stop off Maui - 22/1/06 ATK and KEI Missile Defense Team Successfully Test Fire Second-Stage Rocket Motor - 22/1/06 Feds' missile-defense confidence falls - 20/1/06 BASIC Missile Defence Update - 20/1/06 Missile Defence: It's still a Bad Idea - 20/1/06 Test Failures Slow U.S. Missile Defense - 18/1/06 US Spending on Missile Defence - 17/1/06 Missile defence launches US-Ukrainian co-operation - 17/1/06 Japan, U.S. to meld missile shield data - 15/1/06 Harper Promises to Re-visit Canadian Participation in US Missile Defence - 13/1/06 The Polarization of the Pacific - 12/1/06 Missile Defence Briefing Report No 195 - 11/1/06 Russia and US in the Throes of a New Arms Race - 11/1/06 US rolls out defenses along Pacific Rim - 11/1/06 E-Weapons: Directed Energy Warfare in the 21st Century - 11/1/06 Liberal platform calls for ban on space-weapons - 11/1/06 Missile system tests set - 11/1/06 Jindalee radar boosts BMD - 11/1/06 Missile Defense Program Moves Forward - 11/1/06 New missile defense radar system floats on water - 10/1/06 Peterson AFB to add as many as 200 Soldiers - 9/1/06 Department of Defense lists 6 Catholic school students as terrorist threats - 9/1/06 Radar system heads to Alaska - 9/1/06 Bad time to invest in U.S. missile defense program - 9/1/06 Missile test failures sideline progress at Alaska's Fort Greely - 6/1/06