Free Republic

Upgraded Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Separating Ballistic Missile Target PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, June 22, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) -produced Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 3.6 Weapon System destroyed a ballistic missile target today outside the earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. It was the seventh successful intercept for Aegis BMD's SM-3. The flight mission, Flight Test Maritime-10, was the first to use the new Block IA version of SM-3, which Raytheon is scheduled to deliver to the Missile Defense Agency later this year. The SM-3 Block IA provides increased...

Technology developed in Tucson could soon protect airliners from being attacked by missile-wielding terrorists. Raytheon Co. on Tuesday unveiled a new, ground-based airport protection system that uses high-power microwave beams to disable shoulder-fired missiles. The Vigilant Eagle system - developed by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems - is an affordable alternative to aircraft-based missile protection systems, a senior company official said at the Paris Air Show. The Vigilant Eagle technology "defeats the most important classes of man-portable missiles in seconds without any alteration to or involvement by the aircraft using the airport," Mike --

Committee hears about 'useless' radar A parliamentary committee of inquiry has heard how a radar system Pasokbought has earned international condemnation as useless. Meanwhile, a $132million rebate for Russian missiles is still missing EFTHYMIOS TSILIOPOULOS Is he eating his cake, or having it? Defence Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos was celebrating his birthday en route to Berlin on October 29. he has come under fire from socialists over a probe into past defence purchases A parliamentary committee of inquiry into arms procurements under socialist governments heard military testimony damning to former defence minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos. A US-made radar system Tsochadzopoulos selected for...