Word: interceptor
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...fully implement, but it took Russia less than one presidential term to undermine it. The Russian military announced last week that it successfully tested a hypersonic missile capable of actively evading present—and future—missile defense systems. And, although the network of radar stations and interceptor missiles Bush envisions was never supposed to defend against a Russian attack, this development nonetheless underscores how wasteful and counterproductive America’s nascent missile defense system...
...missile attacks from terrorists or rogue states like North Korea are moving full speed ahead. But budget concerns may force a sharp cutback in tests to make sure that the system works. The Pentagon plan originally called for 20 tests by 2009 to prove that a new fleet of interceptor rockets could find and destroy missiles fired toward the U.S. But a revised testing scheme to be delivered to Congress this summer--and outlined in budget documents circulating on Capitol Hill--cuts back that schedule to only nine test shots. That comes in spite of the fact that the shield...
...embryonic U.S. missile-defense system. Fylingdales, along with bases in Greenland and the U.S., would provide early warning of incoming missiles, which - if everything works right - would then be intercepted and destroyed outside the earth's atmosphere. Hoon said the government hadn't yet decided whether to allow antimissile interceptor rockets on British soil. But he argued that ballistic missiles from states including Iraq and North Korea represented a potential "threat to our security." Criticism of the scheme has ebbed since Russia accepted America's unilateral withdrawal from the 1972 AntiBallistic Treaty in June...
...military planners are marveling over the success of a key piece of battlefield equipment, worn for the first time by U.S. troops in combat. The new lightweight Kevlar vest, officially dubbed "interceptor body armor," is being credited for holding down casualties in the just completed battle for Shah-i-Kot. Some soldiers pinned down in fire fights survived AK-47 and other small-arms fire to their chest and back because of the new vest. After the battle, soldiers noted that most of the wounds suffered by U.S. troops were in the arms and legs...
...challenge that logic. Moreover the spectacle of Russia's President Vladimir Putin chowing down on barbecue at the Bush ranch allayed fears of new tensions with Moscow, even though the bonhomie failed to produce an agreement to allow the U.S. to proceed. A successful test of a missile interceptor vehicle in November buoyed the administration's confidence, and President Bush looks set to announce U.S. withdrawal from the ABM treaty this week. Administration officials insist the Russians will learn to live with missile defense - just like the Senate Democrats have...