Pentagon: Missile interceptor test successful

hahahahh NK is hardly a threat .

Yeah sure what about 10 years from now when they sort out some of the teething troubles with their Long range Missiles ?? Would you rather wait for NK to have a missile ready and hold you hostage to respond to a threat ?? The current system in its current state cannot deter against even a 20 year old Russia Missile attack , or a chinese barage simply because it hasnt been designed to counter those mass threats.

Israelis have spent billions and lot of PAC-4 input to make the Arrow anti missile system but it politically guarantees a scud hit not a real guarantee

I really couldnt find a lot of info on PAC-4 but the Arrow system missile isnt in the legue of the PAC-3 missile but is more in line with the adv PAC-2 missile because it uses a warhead and has greater range , unlike the PAC-3 which is basically a H2K missile . It is true that the arrow is unproven in combat however in tests it has done relativly well , both Isreail and the US have poured in billions into this project . The ADv PAC-2 and PAC-3 did a good job OIF by engaging threats early and at greater altitudes ( the distance of 50-70nm wasnt great in reaction time as opposed to a lot of time for BM comming from NK etc) but at the end of the day what is going to prevail and be a better system is using THAAD , PAC-2 , PAC-3 , AL , AEGIS etc etc to get you a very high probability and give your system a chace to kill the vehicle at all its stages of flight.

PAC-4 in Missile Glossary

www.defenselink.mil/specials/missiledefense/glossary.pdf

The Americans mean business when it comes to Israeli arms sales

By Nathan Guttman
Ha’aretz
July 30, 2002

Others have a different explanation for the American prohibition on Arrow sales to India. They say the administration acting on behalf of American industry. Next month, Raytheon, which makes the Patriot missile system, is presenting to India its parallel product to the Arrow, the PAC-4, and the administration wants to improve chances for the American company to get the contract.

hahahahh NK is hardly a threat .

Testing it against something like Topol M is another issue .

Oh yeah the mass proliferation of Tomol M into the hands of NK and likes , the US cannot defend against any sort of russian BM attack with this system ( topol or something iferior) , the objective isnt to shoot down topols etc etc but to get a misile sheild from wepaon threats from NK etc etc .

Israelis have spent billions and lot of PAC-4 input to make the Arrow anti missile system but it politically guarantees a scud hit not a real guarantee

PAC-4?? when did they propose the PAC-4?? I didnt know one existed!!

The PAC-3 is one aspect of the AD system , no one expects the PAC3 to do evreything , at the end of the day they want a layered defence with specialized weaponry with the PAC-3 , THAAD , AEGIS (sm-3) etc etc coupled with a highly networked sensors .

I still believe the only solution of anti missile capability is a laser still years away from realization.

Lasers will and should be very effective however with the current layered system we should have a good success rate for NK and like threats ( once it is complete )

Missile interception is just in the beginning stage . Testing it against normal missiles and shooting them down is one case . Testing it against something like Topol M is another issue . In case of research on Atmospheric Kill Vehicle it was revealed the radar had first difficulty in deciding the duds from the warhead laden bogeys of the incoming MIRV missile . First testing revealed the missile system also does employ some seeking capabilities while in midflight to be able to decide that but that again is something that is not comprehensible on the ground and the missile has to decide while being air borne whether it is worth hitting or not . So in one test they decided to use shades on multiple warheads to help the AKV decide which to hit and which to leave but that again didnt prove fruitful .

Israelis have spent billions and lot of PAC-4 input to make the Arrow anti missile system but it politically guarantees a scud hit not a real guarantee . As in case of General Tal`s remark Merkava is invincible proven not to be so true by the Russian Metis-m . So Anti missile capability is just a big farce .

I still believe the only solution of anti missile capability is a laser still years away from realization.

The test achieved several significant objectives for the first time: — An operationally configured interceptor was fired from an operational GMD site; — An operationally configured interceptor tracked a ballistic missile; — A newly upgraded missile-warning radar at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., provided target data to an in-flight interceptor; — The mission-control center at the Joint National Integration Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., controlled a live GMD engagement…..A key radar collected target information and shared it with an operationally configured interceptor, the interceptor used that data to zero in on a target in space, and battle managers oversaw this activity in real time from thousands of miles away…..GMD provides the nation a limited defensive capability against long-range ballistic missiles, with interceptors deployed in underground silos at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Ft. Greely, Alaska. An integral element of the global ballistic missile defense system, GMD also consists of radars, other sensors, command-and-control facilities, communications terminals and a 20,000-mile fiber optic communications network.

– On Friday, The Boeing Co. (BA | charts | news | PowerRating), working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, announced the successful completion of a missile defense flight test. Boeing stated that the test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system began at 1:22 p.m. eastern when a long-range ballistic missile target lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska.

Seventeen minutes later, military operators launched an interceptor from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. After flying into space, the interceptor released its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle, which proceeded to track the target warhead.

Although not a primary objective of the test, the kill vehicle intercepted the warhead and destroyed it, the company stated. Boeing said that this was the first intercept with an operationally configured interceptor.

Boeing noted that the test also laid groundwork for the program’s planned intercept in late 2006.

“Today’s successful test is a major accomplishment for the GMD team and demonstrates a significant step in GMD’s evolution to a robust and reliable capability for the warfighter,” said Pat Shanahan, VP, and GM of Boeing Missile Defense Systems.

Boeing is the prime contractor for GMD, the central element of the Missile Defense Agency’s overall layered ballistic missile defense architecture. Industry partners include Raytheon Co. (RTN | charts | news | PowerRating), Orbital Sciences Corp. (ORB | charts | news | PowerRating), and Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC | charts | news | PowerRating).

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What was the missile used??