Work Begins on US Missile Defense for Commercial Airliners
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US officials are taking steps to head off fears that terrorists could use portable anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down civilian airliners.
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Developed in Redondo Beach, the COIL passes first test firing of such a device meant to be airborne. By Muhammed El-Hasan. The government&#39;s plans to develop a missile defense shield received a boost this week
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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The United States has proposed keeping parts of its missile defense shield on "stand-by" short of full readiness in a bid to soothe Russian concerns, U.S. officials and NATO envoys said on Tuesday.
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Russia has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of penetrating American defences.
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BRUSSELS -- The United States will proceed with its plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe whether or not agreement is reached on an alternative Russian proposal, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A limited US national missile-defence system is not expected to be activated until at least early 2005, missing President George W. Bush&#39;s year-end goal, a military spokesman said Friday.
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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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Counterterrorism officials are beefing up security at Los Angeles International Airport to protect jetliners from terrorists armed with shoulder-launched missiles.
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Â· Missile defence would protect big cities by 2010Â· Plan revealed as Pakistan tests short-range missile
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Boeing Co  would be a logical choice to lead the interceptor part of a planned U.S. defense missile shield in eastern Europe, the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday.
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The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil, sources say.
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Japan and the US yesterday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs -- an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s strict postwar pacifism.
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A Boeing Co.-led team has successfully fired for the first time a powerful laser meant to fly aboard a modified 747 as part of a US ballistic missile defense shield, officials said on Friday.
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President Bush said yesterday that a missile defense system is urgently needed in Europe to guard against a possible attack on U.S. allies by Iran, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that the United States could delay activating such a system until there is "definitive proof" of such...
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MOSCOW, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) and former senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) launched a new effort Monday to expand the reach and strength of their program to secure nuclear, chemical and biological weapons at a time of deepening tensions between the United States and Russia.
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President Bush said Tuesday that plans for a U.S.-led missile defense system in Europe are urgently needed to counter an emerging threat of attack by Iran