[extropy-chat] Aegis 3rd generation missile: BMD system

[Samantha Atkins]

A few success out of how many failures (and using targets making 
success more probable than real life)  and they speak of how "awesome" 
the system is and of wide deployment?  Seems a bit premature.


On Feb 25, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Mike Lorrey wrote:

> What is really awesome is we can forward deploy these puppies on
> cruisers and destroyers. Japan is buying some, so I can see them maybe
> joining into NORAD at some point.
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050224/neth026_1.html
>
> Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Target in Aegis Ballistic
> Missile Defense System Test
> Thursday February 24, 6:07 pm ET
>
>
> PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, Feb. 24, 2005
> /PRNewswire/ -- The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System
> and Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) destroyed a ballistic missile outside the
> earth's atmosphere during an Aegis BMD Program flight test over the
> Pacific Ocean. Raytheon Company develops the SM-3. Lockheed Martin
> develops the Aegis BMD Weapon System.
> The Feb. 24 mission -- the fifth successful intercept for SM-3 -- was
> the first firing of the Aegis BMD "Emergency Deployment" capability
> using operational versions of the SM-3 Block I missile and Aegis BMD
> Weapon System. This was also the first test to exercise SM-3's third
> stage rocket motor (TSRM) single-pulse mode. The TSRM has two pulses,
> which can be ignited independently, providing expansion of the
> ballistic missile engagement battlespace.
>
> The SM-3 was launched from the Aegis BMD cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70)
> and hit a target missile that had been launched from the U.S. Navy's
> Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.
>
> "This successful flight test demonstrates the tactical, operational
> capability of SM-3 and the Aegis BMD Weapon System in real-world
> conditions," said Edward Miyashiro, Raytheon Missile Systems vice
> president, Naval Weapon Systems. "Successes like we've seen today
> provide decision makers the confidence to proceed with deploying in
> quantity, providing the Nation with a robust capability that will
> defend the U.S., deployed American forces, our friends and our allies.
> Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense is for real."
>
> Japan has made decision to procure Aegis BMD with SM-3 for its Kongo
> class ships.
>
> Raytheon's Missile Systems business in Tucson, Ariz., is developing
> SM-3 and leads the integrated team effort, which includes Alliant
> Techsystems, Aerojet, and The Boeing Company, which are providing major
> subsystems. Lockheed Martin developed the Aegis BMD Weapon System.
> Raytheon delivered five SM-3 operational rounds to the Missile Defense
> Agency in 2004. The program is transitioning to production, with
> Kinetic Warhead seeker and final integration occurring in Raytheon's
> state-of-the-art Kill Vehicle manufacturing facility, alongside the
> Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle. Final assembly and test will occur in
> Camden, Ark.
>
> Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN - News), with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion,
> is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space,
> information technology, technical services, and business and special
> mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs
> 80,000 people worldwide.
>
> Note to Editors:
>
> Raytheon's hit-to-kill successes with the sea-based STANDARD Missile-3
> occurred on Jan. 25, June 13 and Nov. 21, 2002, and Dec. 11, 2003; and
> with the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, part of the Ground-based Missile
> Defense program on Oct. 2, 1999; July 13 and Dec. 3, 2001; and March 15
> and Oct. 14, 2002.
>
>
>
> =====
> Mike Lorrey
> Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
> "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
> It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
>                                       -William Pitt (1759-1806)
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