Пуски МБР, БРПЛ и ПРО

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«Через шесть месяцев или чуть больше, в Пентагоне было созвано специальное совещание, на которое приглашались лучшие специалисты по противоракетной обороне, наиболее успешные инженеры по радиолокации и электронным системам.
Им всем был с разной формулировкой задан один и тот же вопрос - если стрельбу шестнадцатью ракетами осуществить на минимальном расстоянии от Соединенных Штатов, сможет ли американская СПРН (система предупреждения о ракетном нападении) вовремя среагировать, а войска вовремя обнаружить и сбить такие ракеты. На этот вопрос ответа так и не получили», - отмечает Ривера. 
Уникальный во всех отношениях рекорд советских подводников так и остался непобитым - по сей день ни одному государству не удалось повторить пуск такого количества ракет за один залп с минимальным интервалом. «Очередь» из баллистических ракет «Синева», выпущенная с борта подлодки «Новомосковск» навсегда сняла вопросы об эффективности подводного флота в случае глобального противостояния и подтвердила, что межконтинентальные ракеты при необходимости могут быть доставлены прямо «под нос» противнику. - https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/201605150943-6l6c.htm

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 5 мин. назад

At 1441 UTC Jul 28 North Korea test-launched an ICBM (probably 2nd test of Hwasong-14) from Mupyong-ni, Chagang province, to 3700 km apogee

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 4 мин. назад

Per Korean and US sources range was about 1000 km and flight time (according to @nktpnd) was 47 minutes

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 2 ч. назад

North Korean News Agency: (http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.special.getArticlePage.kcmsf;jsessionid=E70A7112064E78C8AF12359390F26CD2 ...) Apogee 3724.9 km Range 998 km Flt time 47:12. Simulation of max range flight


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KCNA statement notes that flight tested RV attitude control system, structural stability during reentry, and warhead control system


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KCNA states Hwasong-14 (Mars-14) is ICBM 'capable of mounting a large nuclear warhead'. No actual nuke on board today.

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 1 ч. назад

Data seems consistent: S Koreans say 3700 km apogee, Japanese 'over 3500 km', N Korea 3725 km (and Russia 681 km, discrepant again)

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Hwasong-14 launch video, July 28, 2017

Martyn Williams

Опубликовано: 28 июл. 2017 г.

Korean Central Television broadcast of July 29, 2017, received via satellite.

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На параде в честь 90-летия основания Народно-освободительной армии Китая военные представили публике межконтинентальную баллистическую ракету DF-31AG, дальность которой превышает десять тысяч километров.

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https://www.mda.mil/news/17news0008.html

THAAD Intercepts Test Target
17-NEWS-0008
July 30, 2017
 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fr om Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

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A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. The THAAD weapon system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked and intercepted the target.

The test, designated Flight Experiment THAAD (FET)-01, was conducted to gather threat data from a THAAD interceptor in flight.

"In addition to successfully intercepting the target, the data collected will allow MDA to enhance the THAAD weapon system, our modeling and simulation capabilities, and our ability to stay ahead of the evolving threat," said MDA Director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves.

Soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted launcher, fire control and radar operations using the same procedures they would use in an actual combat scenario.  Soldiers operating the equipment were not aware of the actual target launch time.
 
This was the 15th successful intercept in 15 tests for the THAAD weapon system.
 
The THAAD element provides a globally-transportable, rapidly-deployable capability to intercept ballistic missiles inside or outside the atmosphere during their final, or terminal, phase of flight. THAAD is strictly a defensive weapon system.  The system uses hit-to-kill technology wh ere kinetic energy destroys the incoming target.

The mission of the Missile Defense Agency is to develop and deploy a layered ballistic missile defense system to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies and friends from ballistic missile attacks of all ranges in all phases of flight.

Additional information about all elements of the ballistic missile defense system can be found here.

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UNITED STATES
07.30.2017
Video by Leah Garton 
Missile Defense Agency

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. The THAAD weapon system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked and intercepted the target. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more information.

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http://www.interfax.ru/world/572749

В мире 15:12, 30 июля 2017

США испытали систему противоракетной обороны THAAD на Аляске

Москва. 30 июля. INTERFAX.RU - Вашингтон провел испытание системы противоракетной обороны THAAD на Аляске, сообщил в всоскресенье телеканал NBC со ссылкой на военных чиновников.

В агентстве по противоракетной обороне (MDA) испытание назвали "успешным".

Отмечается, что пуск баллистической ракеты произвел один из самолетов ВВС США, она была перехвачена системой ПРО.

Это испытание поможет США "оставаться на шаг впереди растущей угрозы", отметил глава MDA Сэм Гривс.

"Агентство по противоракетной обороне и военнослужащие 11-й зенитной артиллерийской бригады из Форт-Блисса (Техас) провели успешное противоракетное испытание, используя систему THAAD", - говорится в заявлении MDA.

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http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1263114/minuteman-iii-scheduled-to-launch/

MINUTEMAN III SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH
30th Space Wing Public Affairs / Published July 31, 2017

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug 2, between 12:01 a.m. to 6:01 a.m. PDT from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.

Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority.

"Team V is postured to work with Air Force Global Strike Command to test launch the Minuteman III missile," said Hough. "Our long history in partnering with the men and women of the 576th Flight Test Squadron shows that the Western Range stands ready and able to create a safe launch environment."
The 576th Flight Test Squadron will be responsible for installed tracking, telemetry, and command destruct systems on the missile.

For more information, please call Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs at (318 ) 456-1305 or after hours at (318 ) 532-1215.

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VANDENBERG AFB, CA, UNITED STATES
08.02.2017
Video by Staff Sgt. Kaleb Mayfield 
30th Space Wing/Public Affairs

Airmen from F.E. Warren and Vandenberg Air Force Bases successfully launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile was pulled randomly from a silo on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, transported and reassembled at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and launched to a test range near the Kwajalein Atoll near the Marshall Islands approximately 4,200 miles away.

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US Strategic Command‏Подлинная учетная запись @US_Stratcom 10 мин назад

MINUTEMAN III LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1264533/minuteman-iii-launches-from-vandenberg/

MINUTEMAN III LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

30th Space Wing Public Affairs / Published August 02, 2017
 

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 2:10 a.m., PDT, here Aug. 2.

Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority.

"The seamless partnership of Team V and our Air Force Global Strike Command mission partners has resulted in another safe Minuteman III operational test launch," said Hough. "This combined team of the 90th Missile Wing, 576th Flight Test Squadron and 30th Space Wing is simply outstanding. Their efforts over the past few months show why they are among the most skilled operators in the Air Force."
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http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1256287/fe-warren-afb-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/

F.E. Warren AFB tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs / Published August 02, 2017

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test reentry vehicle Aug. 2 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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While not a response to recent North Korean actions, the test demonstrates that the United States' nuclear enterprise is safe, secure, effective and ready to be able to deter, detect and defend against attacks on the United States and its allies.

The ICBM's reentry vehicle, which contained a telemetry package used for operational testing, traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. These test launches verify the accuracy and reliability of the ICBM weapon system, providing valuable data to ensure a continued safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.

"This operational test launch highlights the commitment and outstanding professionalism of the 90th Missile Wing, the 576th Flight Test Squadron and our mission partners in the 30th Space Wing," said Col. Dave Kelley, 576th Flight Test Squadron commander. "These test launches require the highest-degree of technical competence and commitment at every level and provide critical data necessary to validate the reliability, accuracy and performance of the ICBM force.

F.E. Warren AFB is one of three missile bases with crew members standing alert 24 hours a day, year-round, overseeing the nation's ICBM alert forces.

"I am extremely proud of the operators and maintainers from the 90th Missile Wing. This Task Force worked flawlessly alongside the absolute professionals from the 576 FLTS to make this mission a success," Lt. Col. Troy Stauter, Glory Trip 223 Task Force commander, said. "Promoting the deterrence, assurance and strike capability of the Minuteman III could not be done without the dedication, professionalism and teamwork of the men and women of Air Force Global Strike Command."

The ICBM community, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and U.S. Strategic Command uses data collected from test launches for continuing force development evaluation. The ICBM test launch program demonstrates the operational capability of the Minuteman III and ensures the United States' ability to maintain a strong, credible nuclear deterrent as a key element of U.S. national security and the security of U.S. allies and partners.

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http://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-carries-flight-test-anti-satellite-missile/

China Carries Out Flight Test of Anti-Satellite Missile

DN-3 missile highlights growing space warfare capabilities


China's DN-3 Test
                
BY: Bill Gertz
Follow @BillGertz             
August 2, 2017 5:00 am

China recently carried out a flight test of a new anti-satellite missile that highlights the growing threat of Beijing's space warfare capabilities.

The flight test of the Dong Neng-3 direct ascent missile was tracked by U.S. intelligence agencies on July 23 fr om China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, in northwestern China, said U.S. defense officials familiar with reports of the launch.

The officials said the launch was not successful and the DN-3 appeared to malfunction in the upper atmosphere after the launch at night.

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The launch took place after Chinese authorities posted a notice to airlines to avoid flying near the flight path of the missile. The missile's flight was captured in photographs and video by several Chinese internet users near the Jiuquan facility.

Despite the failure, China's space warfare program is said to be advancing rapidly as an asymmetric warfare weapon that will allow a less capable Chinese military to defeat the U.S. military in a future conflict.

The Pentagon's annual report on the Chinese military states that in December the Chinese created a new Strategic Support Force that will unify space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities.

"The PLA continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space, " the report said.

Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command and a space warfare expert, said both China and Russia are advancing space-war fighting capabilities.

"China right now is ahead of Russia because they've been on a consistent path for a longer time," Hyten said in an interview in Omaha last week.

Hyten said the U.S. military currently has a "very robust space capability."

"And the threats that we face are actually very small," he said.

However, the significant U.S. advantage in space is eroding and satellites are becoming more vulnerable to attack.

"We have very old space capabilities too, very effective space capabilities, but they are very old and not built for a contested environment," he said.

The space warfare threat is "a much nearer-term issue for the commander after me, and for the commander after that person, it will be more significant because the gap is narrowing quickly and we have got to move quickly to respond to it," Hyten said.

In addition to several direct-ascent anti-satellite missiles, China is developing ground-based lasers that can blind or damage orbiting satellites, as well as small robot satellites that can maneuver, grab, and destroy orbiting satellites.

Asked how to deal with China's space warfare threats, Hyten said: "It's not very complicated. You treat it as a war-fighting domain. And when you do that, the answers are not that complicated. You have to have increased maneuver capabilities on our satellites. We have to have defensive capabilities to defend ourselves. These are just war fighting problems."

Hyten said space defense requires moving much faster than current acquisitions processes in the Pentagon and military have allowed, something that is hindering the overall modernization of U.S. nuclear forces.

"So it goes back to the same question we talked about on the nuclear modernization piece: Can we go fast enough as a nation to stay ahead of our adversaries. We have to go fast," he said.

In opening remarks to a Stratcom conference on deterrence, Hyten said the military is ready to respond to attacks in space.

"We'll provide strategic deterrence [in space]," he said. "If deterrence fails, we'll provide a decisive response."

Adversaries are planning to use an array of strategic weapons, whether nuclear or conventional forces, or space and cyber forces.

"Mass disruption to our power grid, to our financial institutions with cyber-attacks or space attacks are now constant concerns," Hyten said. "And our potential adversaries study this as well, learning from us. Demonstrating an advanced understanding of how to leverage nuclear, space, cyber, anti-access/area denial, electronic warfare, the information spectrum to exploit our vulnerabilities."

The U.S. military does not have a deployed anti-satellite missile. However, in 2008 the military used a modified SM-3 anti-missile interceptor to shoot down a falling intelligence satellite as it reentered the atmosphere. The operation, code-named Burnt Frost, showed that the Pentagon could rapidly retool for anti-satellite warfare. The operation came a year after China's major anti-satellite test on the weather satellites.

The Air Force also developed the ASM-135 during the 1980s. The anti-satellite missile was launched from an F-15 jet.

Congress banned anti-satellite missile tests against targets in space in 1985.
 
Michael J. Listner, a space expert, said the latest DN-3 test shows China is developing space weaponry while pursuing soft power initiatives aimed at banning such arms.
 
"It's unclear when such a system will become operational, but the question remains once its ASAT reaches operational capability whether current strategies to 'deter' the use of ASATs will be effective, to include the idea of resilience to discourage interference," said Listner, head of the company Space Law and Policy Solutions.

"It is clear like the situation in the South China Sea that China's intentions for outer space should be gauged by their actions, including the continued development of ASATs, and not their propaganda."
 
Rick Fisher, senior fellow in Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the Chinese military is seeking to "exercise denial and then dominance in low earth orbit (LEO) and then to extend control into the Earth-Moon system."

"Since the early 1990s China has developed four, possibly five, attack-capable space-combat systems," he said. "China may be the only country developing such variety of space weapons to include: ground-based and air-launched counter-space weapons; unmanned space combat and Earth-attack platforms; and dual-use manned platforms."

Harsh Vasani, a scholar at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal University in India, says China's ASAT program is closely linked to its anti-missile defense systems.

The difference between an ASAT missile and anti-missile interceptor is different software and control algorithms used by each missile to detect, track, and home in on either an orbiting satellite or a missile warhead.

"China has been making impressive headway in its ICBM program and in theory, these ICBMs can target U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) satellites," Vasani stated in the Diplomat in January.

"A brief survey of recent tests by Beijing confirms that China is rapidly improving its counter space program and making advances in its anti-satellite systems," he noted.

China destroyed a weather satellite in space in 2007,  causing tens of thousands of pieces of orbiting debris and sparking international condemnation.

Since 2007, China's ASAT missile tests have been against notional targets and in several cases were disguised as anti-missile interceptor tests, according to U.S. officials.

China tested a DN-2 in 2013 that traveled 18,600 miles in space wh ere U.S. intelligence satellites are located.

The DN-3 was tested in October 2015, and again in December 2016. That DN-3 test was masked as an anti-missile interceptor test.

"The Chinese believe that the greatest threat to them comes from the United States," Vasani said.

"To counter the United States' conventional strength and gain strategic parity, Chinese strategists believe, Beijing will need to strike at the U.S. Achilles heel—Washington's over-reliance on satellites for [command, control, communications, computer, intelligence surveillance, and reconnaissance]. Beijing plans to exploit the vulnerable space infrastructure of the United States in the case of a war."

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Пентагон заказал разработку новых МБР за 677,8 млн долларов...
Источник: https://rueconomics.ru/269314-pentagon-zakazal-razrabotku-novyh-mbr-za-6778-mln-dollarov#from_copy

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ZOOR пишет:
Пентагон заказал разработку новых МБР за 677,8 млн долларов...
Источник: https://rueconomics.ru/269314-pentagon-zakazal-razrabotku-novyh-mbr-za-6778-mln-dollarov#from_copy

Пресс-релизы:

Boeing Awarded Design Work for New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 21, 2017 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] will develop its preliminary design for America's next intercontinental ballistic missile through a $349 million U.S. Air Force contract announced today.
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U.S. Air Force Selects Northrop Grumman as Partner on Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Aug. 21, 2017 – The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) as one of two companies to mature designs for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program, the nation's next Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system.

The company was awarded a $328 million contract to execute the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the GBSD program.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Providing Propulsion System Support to Northrop Grumman's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), will support Northrop Grumman, which was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) acquisition program. ...

The recent award to Northrop Grumman for the TMRR phase of the GBSD acquisition program will last approximately three years and will culminate in a weapon system preliminary design. During that period, Aerojet Rocketdyne will evaluate multiple propulsion options and provide early designs that meet specific prime contractor ICBM configurations.
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677,8 млн... скромненько как-то   :|  

А, все ясно 

Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction

will culminate in a weapon system preliminary design

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https://www.mda.mil/news/17news0009.html

Aegis BMD System Intercepts Target Missile
17-NEWS-0009
Aug. 29, 2017

The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) guided missiles during a test off the coast of Hawaii today.

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John Paul Jones detected and tracked a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar, and onboard SM-6 missiles executed the intercept.

 "We are working closely with the fleet to develop this important new capability, and this was a key milestone in giving our Aegis BMD ships an enhanced capability to defeat ballistic missiles in their terminal phase," said MDA Director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves. "We will continue developing ballistic missile defense technologies to stay ahead of the threat as it evolves."

This test, designated Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2 (FTM-27 E2), marks the second time that an SM-6 missile has successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target.

Aegis BMD is the naval component of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. MDA and the U.S. Navy cooperatively manage the Aegis BMD program. Additional information about all elements of the ballistic missile defense system can be found here.

MDA Media Contacts:

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• Lt. Col. JB Brindle, 571-231-8374, james.brindle@mda.mil
• Chris Johnson, 571-231-8212, christopher.johnson@mda.mil
  

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