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Missile Defense High on Agenda as Biden Tours Central Europe
Oct 22nd, 2009 - VOA News
As Vice President Joe Biden tours Central Europe this week, missile defense is high on the agenda. In Poland on Wednesday, Biden secured an agreement to host U.S. antiballistic...Biden's task in eastern Europe: Reassurance
Oct 20th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Washington - Vice President Joseph Biden's trip to eastern Europe this week provides an important opportunity to reassure Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania that the US is committed to their security. This reassurance is needed...
Biden Heads to Poland to Mend Relations
Oct 20th, 2009 - CBS News
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Poland on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country - a gesture Poles view as Washington's attempt to repair damage done by its handling of missile defense plans.
Biden to reassure Poles during European trip
Oct 20th, 2009 - Boston
WARSAW, Poland—U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Poland on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country -- a gesture...Reports: Russia warns US on missile defense
Oct 15th, 2009 - Salon
Oct 15th, 2009 | MOSCOW -- A top Russian diplomat suggested Thursday that the U.S. should not talk with non-NATO nations about a prospective missile shield, Russian news agencies reported.
Missile Defense videos from YouTube:
1:36Missile defense multiple kill vehicle hover test
US Missile Defense Agency video of the 2 December 2008 free-flight hover test of Lockheed Martin's Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV-L). The MKV is designed to allow a single interceptor to destroy ...
8:51Global Ballistic Missile Defense Planning 2017
Ballistic Missile Defense
3:11Missile Defense Agency Japan Flight Test-3 Video
Footage of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in cooperation with the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy, conducting an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense ...
4:00Missile Defense, Kinetic Energy Interceptors
Boost Phase Intercept Land-Based Kinetic Energy Interceptors Northrop Grumman
Missile Defense from WikiPedia:
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged non-nuclear tactical and theater missiles.
The interception technology used has varied over time. In the 1960s, missile defense against ICBMs emphasized nuclear warheads. In recent decades non-nuclear kinetic warheads have been used. Directed-energy weapons such as lasers have been investigated and deployed on a limited basis. For example, India's DRDO is developing a laser-based weapon system as part of its ballistic missile defense program to intercept and destroy missiles soon after they are launched towards the country.
The US, China, UK, Russia, France, Israel and India have all developed such air defense systems. In the United States, missile defense was originally the responsibility of the Army, but in recent years the Navy and Air Force have developed their own systems.
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