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Sep 6, 2018
MDAA in the News

US fast-tracking hypersonic weapons and will deploy space-based defenses

Next Big Future: Hypersonic weapons are weapons and vehicles that can move faster than 5 times the speed of sound.…

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Aug 17, 2018
Missile Defense News

US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense

Next Big Future: The US Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to rapidly develop and demonstrate a boost-phase ICBM…

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Aug 15, 2018
Missile Defense News

Space-based laser weapons could ultimately take out missile threats in boost phase

Defense News: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Pentagon is eyeing space-based laser weapons technology as the ultimate solution to defeat a…

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Apr 13, 2018
Missile Defense News

U.S. Has a New Plan To Fight North Korea: Shoot Down Kim Jong Un’s Missiles as They Launch, but can it Work?

Newsweek: Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told Congress Thursday that the U.S. military is developing the technology to shoot down…

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Jan 19, 2018
Missile Defense News

Griffin interested in airborne missile defense

Defense News: WASHINGTON – The man poised to become the first ever undersecretary of defense for research and engineering supports…

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Dec 14, 2017
Missile Defense News

Missile Defense Agency Looking to Intercept Ballistic Targets Earlier During Boost Phase

USNI News: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Taking out incoming missiles during the boost phase – the period just after launch –…

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Dec 11, 2017
Missile Defense News

Breakthrough Combat lasers for F15 jets and antimissile drones

Next Big Future: For the last few years there have been heavy 10-30 kilowatt combat lasers tested on a Navy…

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Nov 17, 2017
Missile Defense News

Downing North Korea Missiles is Hard. The US is Experimenting.

The New York Times: WASHINGTON – Concerned that the missile defense system designed to protect American cities is insufficient by…

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