Drones to Thwart Missiles
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DHS wants to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-fired missiles with drones orbiting over airports, according to Defense Daily. In Danger Room.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- At a secret location somewhere in Nicaragua, shoulder-fired missiles capable of taking down a jetliner lie behind heavy fencing and locked double doors.
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If Northrop Grumman Corp. gets the multibillion-dollar contract to secure America's borders, the sky above the Rio Grande would be thick with drones.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran for nearly a year to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, according to three US officials with detailed knowledge of the covert effort.
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The U.S. military said it is testing a system to beam red and green lasers at aircraft in the Washington area as a warning when they enter restricted airspace.
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The military is looking to help grunts dodge explosives by funding next-generation technology that can predict where the deadly devices are made and placed.
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The war in Iraq has proven the lethal effectiveness of roadside bombs. But the war has also proven the value of a new tool to deal with the bombs: small, agile robots that disarm or detonate the bombs at the direction of soldiers who operate the robots from a safe distance.
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Authorities are launching a new push to collect U.S.-made Stinger missiles distributed to Afghans fighting Soviet troops in the 1980s in an effort to keep the weapons from terrorists and governments &#151; including Iran, an Afghan official said Sunday.
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BOCA CHICA KEY, Fla. -- Drones are better known for their role in pursuing military targets, but scientists here are poised to launch them into the raging vortexes of hurricanes.
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Up to three American Airlines jets will be outfitted this spring with laser technology being developed to protect planes from missiles fired by terrorists.
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Blasters aren't a reality yet, but the military is funding research into lasers that can destroy incoming rockets and bomb-laden Jet Skis.
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BAE Systems PLC and Northrop Grumman Corp. won $45 million contracts yesterday to develop prototypes of anti-missile technology that could protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.
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Terminator 3 Pringles-tube ordnance in the offing The US Army is looking to develop a range of miniaturised guided missiles for use by its robot warriors of the future, according to reports. Each missile could be the size of a large party cracker.â¦
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For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. And...
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US contingency plans for possible air strikes on Iran include most of its military infrastructure, the BBC learns.
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Venezuela will install an advanced air-defense system with anti-aircraft missiles capable of shooting down approaching enemy warplanes, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
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Viewpoint: Former Clinton administration officials Ashton Carter and William Perry argue that the most effective way to curb the threat from Pyongyang  is to destroy its missiles at their test sites