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Thermoteknix Success In Hit To Kill BMD Test
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2006 Thermoteknix' MIRIC TB2-30 miniature infrared camera took part in another successful 'hit to kill' missile defense test on June 22nd, off the island of Kauai, Hawaii. A standard Missile 3 was launched from the Aegis cruiser USS Shiloh to intercept a separating target with an integrated multi-purpose sensor payload developed in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). This was designed to collect video and infrared imagery of the target's boost and post-boost phases of flight; video coverage of the target's re-entry separation; and spectral, radiometric and video coverage of the intercept. "Hit to kill" technology uses direct collision of the interceptor missile with the target, destroying the target using only kinetic energy from the force of the collision and this was the seventh successful intercept test involving the sea-based component of the USA's ballistic missile defense system. The infrared data was collected onboard the target missile by the Thermoteknix' MIRIC TB2-30 unique miniature high performance ruggedized, radiometric infrared camera. The system is calibrated for temperature measurement in the harshest of environments under the most extreme vibration conditions. Thermoteknix MIRIC cameras are also used in Formula 1 and Indycar (Cheever) Racing to monitor tire performance. The range includes the MIRIC radiometric hermetically sealed cameras which are shock, dust and water resistant and tested for use in vacuum and zero gravity and the MIRICLE 110K (384 x 288) and 307K (640 x 480 VGA) thermal imaging cameras used for a variety of defense, surveillance and industrial applications. MIRICLE high performance infrared cores, cameras and engines are available for end users and systems integrators alike. The Thermoteknix MIRIC TB2-30 infrared camera was mounted on the exterior of the missile and filmed throughout the missile's flight with thermal images beamed via telemetry to the control center up to and including the point of interception. A Thermoteknix MIRIC TB2-30 movie recorded during Aegis operations can be viewed online at: www.thermoteknix.com/content/english/stories/story29/media/512k.html Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links 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
Canada Will Not Join US Missile Defense Program For Now
Washington (UPI) Jul 09, 2006Despite North Korea's missile launches Canada has no plans to join the United States missile defense system, the prime minister said Thursday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper also expressed his desire that a new border identification law passed by the U.S. Congress be delayed if not scrapped outright. |
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