[RDTF]

pda alert - also a video and images at home page link

[RDTF]

ping

[ChadGore]

It's a hit!

Star Wars saves lives.

[Dixie Yooper]

I’m all for a great defensive strategy, but when it comes to nuclear attack, it’s always better to strike first.

[neodad]

I love skin to skin!

Ping!

[Calpernia]

Ballistic Missile Defense Program ping and bump!

[xzins]

they successfully intercepted the targets outside the earth's atmosphere more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean and 250 miles northwest of Kauai.

This is so significant.

Thank the Lord that He prepared Ronald Reagan for that day and time. Would that He would do the same in this day.

[gridlock]

MDA and the Navy cooperatively manage the Aegis BMD Program. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors of Moorestown, New Jersey is the Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) and prime contractor for the Aegis BMD Weapon System and Vertical Launch System installed in Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers.

The Cornfield Cruiser -- Defending America since 1954.

[ASA Vet]

Cool stuff ping

[Army Air Corps]

JMSDF destroyer Kongo (DDG-173).

[null and void]

Impossible! You can’t hit a bullet with a bullet! < /lib-uh-rhul>

[Rick.Donaldson]

Awesome. This is fantastic. :)

I can saw that what I saw was simply AWESOME. ;)

[Kozak]

Video

[Steelerfan]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Ditto]

...the USS Lake Erie's crew fired two SM-3 missiles, and two minutes later they successfully intercepted the targets outside the earth's atmosphere more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean....

Wow. That's fast.

[Eye of Unk]

[arthurus]

I hope the ability to do this does not let Bush think he cn put off dealing finally with Iran until the next administration. The idea that he will hand it off to Mrs. Clinton or to Obama or the pretty boy is scary.

[Southack]

OUTSTANDING! Two simultaneous kills!

SM-3 = Proven and deployed
SM-2 = Proven and deployed
AEGIS = Proven and deployed

PAC-3 = Proven and deployed
GBI = Proven and deployed

Next up: SM-3 interception from a Japanese destroyer
Coming soon: in-flight interception by our Airborn Laser

Already deployed: ground, air, and oceanic radiation sensors to protect against alternative WMD delivery methods.

Thank you President Bush and President Reagan!

[michaelt]

bump.

[Redcloak]

YouTube link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTINGadWfs

I just love that frame at the end; an instant before the “impossible” happens and the KKV hits the missile.

[DesScorp]

And Skunk Baxter’s brainchild comes to life.

Anyone remember Skunk? He was in the Doobie Brothers, and apparently had an interest in defense policy on the side. Funny, eh? Anyway, he’s a consultant to the Department of Defense, and was one of the first people in the late 80’s to propose using the Navy’s Aegis system in ballistic missile defense. He seems to be one of those all-around genius types.