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The U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) investigated a variety of missile defense strategies, many involving exotic technologies such as the X-ray lasers [87] envisioned by Project Excalibur, or the Brilliant Pebbles kinetic-kill satellite system. [88] None of the more exotic systems were pursued to prototyping.
Some French analysts, notably Camille Grand, [74] view missile defense as jeopardizing both the doctrine and the treaty, as well as risking a new arms race, [73] which is reflected in the development of advanced missile defense counter measures and decoys as well as a higher number of and more maneuverable independently targetable reentry ...
COBRA COunter Battery RAdar is a Counter-battery radar system developed jointly by Thales, Airbus Defence and Space and Lockheed Martin for the French, British and German Armed Forces. It is a mobile Active electronically scanned array 3D radar based on a wheeled chassis for the purpose of enemy field artillery acquisition.
Arena Active Protection System: 1. Protective siloes 2. Radar 3. Protective ammo 4. Incoming anti-tank guided missile 5. Tracking phase. An active protection system (APS) is a system designed to actively prevent certain anti-tank weapons from destroying a vehicle.
The Philippines and France agreed on Saturday to ramp up military ties, including possible negotiations to allow soldiers from each country into the other's territory. French Defence Minister ...
A Ground-Based Interceptor of the United States' Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, loaded into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, in July 2004. An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to defend against ballistic missiles.
A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week ...
Aster 30 Block 1NT: NT standing for "New Technology", it is a new variant of the Aster 30 designed to counter short and 1,500 km (930 mi)-class medium-range ballistic missiles. [15] Aster 30 Block 2 BMD – Anti-ballistic missile under development and intended to counter up to 3,000 km (1,900 mi)-class ballistic and maneuvering missiles.