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Thursday May 16 | Washington Times

Putin's power play: Russia building up missile systems while seeking to limit U.S. defenses

Russia is engaged in a major buildup of both nuclear and conventional missile defense systems at the same time Moscow is seeking legal limits on U.S. missile defenses, according to U.S. officials.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), World News

Thursday May 16 | U.S. Department of Defense

Nimble Titan Increases Multinational Missile Defense Cooperation

When the United States, Germany and the Netherlands deployed missile defenses to Turkey to augment the Turkish military's capabilities near the Syrian border, it wasn't happenstance that they were able to quickly coordinate their efforts and go operational.

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Related Topix: World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Military, Schriever Air Force Base, US Air Force

Thursday May 16 | U.S. Department of Defense

Missile Defense System Completes Successful Intercept Test

The Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie conducted a successful flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system yesterday, Pentagon officials reported.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Pacific Missile Range Facility

Thursday May 16 | KLIV

Fire fought at Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin facility

A fire was fought this morning at a Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale. The fire was reported around 3 a.m. in a building where missile defense systems are reportedly researched.

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Thursday May 16 | Sojourners

Waste Not, Want Not

Riddled with fraud and abuse, it's no surprise that the Pentagon has not successfully passed an audit since 1996, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Hill

Missile defense turns 30

North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile, and the Defense Department believes that the nation may soon be capable of building a nuclear-armed missile.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia

Washington Times

ERICKSON: Missiles to meet the new threat curve

When President Obama abandoned the Bush administration 's negotiated missile and radar deployments in Poland and the Czech Republic , he doubled down on what has become known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach - a series of missile defense deployment strategies staggered over the next decade throughout the European continent designed to adapt ... (more)

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Russia Taday

Presidential post: Putin's response to Obama letter to be 'mailed' soon

President Putin's office is composing an answer to US President Obama's letter on missile defense, nuclear disarmament and transparent interaction.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, World News, Russia, Asia, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Tue May 14, 2013

The Times of Israel

In talks with Netanyahu, Putin urges restraint on Syria

After emergency meeting at Black Sea resort, no word from either head of state about Russia's sale of sophisticated S-300 missiles to Assad Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, May 14, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Israel, Vladimir Putin, Russia

Korean News

US Accused of Moves to Strengthen Military Domination.

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff during his recent junkets to south Korea and Japan cried out for "building an integrated missile defence system" involving Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News

DefenceTalk News

Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management

The Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency has made some recent progress gaining important knowledge for its Ballistic Missile Defense System by successfully conducting several important tests.

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Related Topix: Department of Defense, US News

Mon May 13, 2013

UnionLeader.com

Arms negotiator at St. Anselm discusses the new age of assessing nuclear threats worldwide

The United States has made significant progress over the last 40 years in reducing the amount of nuclear warheads deployed both here and in Russia, a nuclear arms negotiator told a gathering at the Saint Anselm Institute for Politics and Library Monday.

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Related Topix: Social Software

The Heritage Foundation

A Well-Constructed Missile Test is a Plus

Finally, the moment of truth is at hand. After months of preparation and calculations, after checking and rechecking miles of wiring, thousands of screws and hundreds of computer algorithms, it's launch time.

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Freshnews

Lockheed Martin And The MDA Conduct Successful Test Of New Air-launched Missile Target Prototype

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have successfully tested a prototype air-launched Extended Medium-range Ballistic Missile target at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona .

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US Military, US Army, Yuma Proving Ground

Lucianne.com

Open Secrets

The Pentagon held internal talks on declassifying sensitive missile defense technology that it plans to share with Russia as part of the Obama administration's efforts to assuage Moscow's opposition to European defenses.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Japan Times

Is missile defense useful?

Japan's missile defense system invariably draws much attention every time a firing of a ballistic missile by North Korea appears imminent.

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Related Topix: North Korea, Asia, Public Relations, Life, Self Defense, Opinion

Sat May 11, 2013

Stars and Stripes

'Golf ball' radar back in Hawaii after North Korea scare

The deployment of the powerful Sea-Based X-Band Radar from Pearl Harbor in March was hailed as a significant precaution in the face of a possible North Korean missile launch.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, US Military, US Navy, US News,

New Media Journal

US Discussing Giving Russia Missile Defense Data

The head of the US Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on US missile defense in order to provide it to Russia.

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Counterpunch

Israel, Syria and the Bloody Absurd

NEW DIGITAL COUNTERPUNCH: Rob Urie on THE FAILURE OF LIBERAL ECONOMIC TINKERING; and Eric Draitser on THE NEW POWER STRUGGLE IN IRAQ.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Aerotech News And Review

DOD makes progress to meet nuclear treaty requirements

The Defense Department is on track to meet the requirements of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, as it also modernizing its ballistic missile defense capabilities, a senior defense official told Congress May 9. Madelyn R. Creedon, assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs, told the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force