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Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2006 Raytheon Company has shipped ahead of schedule and under budget the second Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Forward Based X-Band Transportable (FBX-T) radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for final testing and acceptance. "With the completion of the factory testing and acceptance of the second FBX-T radar, we've taken another significant step toward implementing an effective capability to protect the U.S., deployed forces and allies from ballistic missile threats," said Pete Franklin, vice president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Missile Defense Business Area. "Raytheon's BMDS program is leading the way, providing advanced sensor capabilities and enhanced affordability." Raytheon IDS, which was awarded a BMDS radar contract by the MDA in April 2003, delivered the first FBX-T radar under budget and ahead of schedule in November 2004. The radar, currently deployed in Japan, is the first new MDA system to be developed and deployed as an operational asset outside the U.S. Raytheon IDS designed and built the FBX-T radar by drawing on extensive sensor knowledge from its X-Band "Family of Radars." The FBX-T is a high-power, transportable X-Band radar designed to detect, track and discriminate ballistic missile threats early in flight, maximizing the capability of the BMDS to identify, assess and engage threats to the U.S., deployed forces and allies. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Raytheon Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 09, 2006Pakistan on Saturday test launched a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, the third in as many weeks, the military said. "The Pakistan army's Strategic Force Command (ASFC) today conducted a successful launch of the short-range ballistic missile Hatf-III (Ghaznavi)," it said in a statement. The Ghaznavi missile has a range of 290 kilometers (181 miles). |
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