标题: US Hits 4 out of 5 Missiles NEAR Simultaneously [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 10-25-2012 11:41 标题: US Hits 4 out of 5 Missiles NEAR Simultaneously (1) News release: Ballistic Missile Defense System Engages Five Targets Simultaneously During Largest Missile Defense Flight Test in History. Missile Defense Agency, US Department of Defense, Oct 25, 2012. http://www.mda.mil/news/12news0011.html
Summary:
(a) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system successfully intercepted its first Medium Range Ballistic target in history
(b) PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) near simultaneously destroyed a Short Range Ballistic Missile and a low flying cruise missile target over water. That Short Range Ballistic Missile was launched from a "a mobile launch platform;" The agency does not say whether the platform was above or under the water.
Both (a) and (b) were manned by US Army.
(c) However, USS Fitzgerald (an Arleigh Burke class destroyer) of US Navy failed to hit a Short-Range Ballistic Missile with an SM-3 interceptor.
Therefore the title: US Zaps Four out of Five Targets in Missile Defense Test. Reuters, Oct 25, 2012.
(d) A medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) has a range of between 1,000 and 3,000 km.
Note: The debate was held yesterday (Oct 24) at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS; at Washington DC), John Hopkins University. Friedberg is currently a professor in Princeton University.
(5) Nuclear Carriers Headed For Oblivion. Sttrategy Page, Oct 25, 2012 http://strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20121025.aspx
("The US Navy is about to retire its first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. This ship entered service in 1961 and will be decommissioned next year. * * * three years ago the US Navy retired its last non-nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS John F Kennedy")
Note:
(a) USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Enterprise-class and USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) are of Enterprise and Kitty Hawk classes, respectively.
Note: The report is based on
(a) Press release: Fly Like an Eagle: New Launch and Recovery System Takes UAV Into the Future. Office of Naval Research, Oct 10, 2012 http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Ce ... -Recovery-CLRE.aspx
("CLRE [acronym of Compact Launch and Recovery System] uses a compressed-air launcher to shoot the Scan Eagle into the sky. * * * To land, small hooks on the UAV’s wings catch hold of rope suspended from the system’s extendable mast and arms. Once the mission is completed, the whole system can be folded up, like a folding chair or table, for storage.
(b) Launch & Recovery. Insitu (based in Washington state, US and Queensland, Australia), undated http://www.insitu.com/systems/launch-and-recovery
("Our unmanned aircraft are recovered using the patented SkyHook® recovery system. A cable is suspended from roughly 50 feet (15 meters). The aircraft flies toward the cable, and a hook on the aircraft’s wing catches the cable")