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American warships have fired the multi-million-dollar Standard Missile-3 interceptor twice this year, calling attention to costs and stockpiles.
Iron Dome uses principles that are similar to a true anti-ballistic missile system to intercept slower-moving short-range rockets and artillery projectiles, employing the Tamir missile at ranges of up to 70km and altitudes to 10km, at a cost of about $50,000 per missile. Iron Dome also has an anti-aircraft capability.
The CBO has estimated that a site would cost US$3.5bn. [17] In June 2019, Fort Drum in New York was chosen as the location for the potential East Coast missile defense site. [18] In December 2008, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing a $397.9 million contract to continue development of the program. [19]
A significant improvement in this respect, the SM-3 Block II variant widens the missile's diameter from 0.34 m (13.5 in) to 0.53 m (21 in), making it more suitable against intermediate-range ballistic missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles. [9] [6] The highly modified Block IIA missile shares only the first-stage motor with the Block I.
(Reuters) -Lockheed Martin has won a $17 billion contract to develop the next generation of interceptors to defend the United States against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack, the U.S ...
The Missile Defense Agency leads the development of anti-ballistic missiles for North America. The Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) [21]: 4:13 is a MDA program to upgrade the kill vehicles for the ground-based interceptors, with different vendors, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman competing. [22]
The Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile (MHTK) is a small air defense missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the short range air defense (SHORAD) and Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM). [1] Like the Israeli Tamir and Stunner the MHTK uses hit-to-kill for the terminal phase of interception.
The YJ-83 entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998 and 1999, [6] equipping large numbers of its surface warships. [8] The YJ-83K is the standard anti-ship missile carried by the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force; [4] the United States reported the usage in 2014. [9]