Golden Dome: Satellite tracking technology could help defend against growing hypersonic threats
President Trump’s call for a “Golden Dome for America” is already fueling efforts to expand satellite-based systems capable ...
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MDA, U.S. Navy Track Hypersonic Weapon with Aegis System in Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...
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US’ next-gen hypersonic missile defense counters advanced maneuvering target
The United States recently tested anti-hypersonic defense tactics to counter the threat posed by hypersonic weapons. The test ...
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Aegis Combat System Demonstrates System’s Capability to Counter Hypersonic Threats
Standard Missile 6, the U.S. Navy successfully shot down a threat representative Hypersonic Target Vehicle (HTV-1) off the ...
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Why America's missile defense systems are the best in the world
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense aka THAAD Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is the most advanced missile system on ... able to detect, track and intercept short ...
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Patriot PAC-3
The Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target (PATRIOT) Advanced Capability-Three (PAC-3) program is an air-defense, guided missile system with long-range, medium- to high-altitude, all-weather ...
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US Navy tests SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor Missile
The SM-3 Block ... Missile was designed to intercept and destroy other missiles. Watch its first intercept test as another missile was launched from Hawaii that the SM-3 was able to track and ...
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U.S. Navy’s SM-6 Missile Moves Closer to Hypersonic Intercept Capability After Successful Aegis Destroyer Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully simulated an intercept of a mock advanced hypersonic missile using a ...