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Budget Busters: The USA’s SBIRS-High Missile Warning Satellites
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Despite-Problems-SBIRS-High-Moves-Ahead-With-3rd-Satellite-Award-05467/
The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)-High satellite program is a key component of the USA's future missile alert system, designed to give maximum warning and monitoring of ballistic missile launches anywhere in the world. The new satellites will
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A Spookier Spooky, 30mm at a Time? Nope.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/a-spookier-spooky-30mm-at-a-time-03023/
In 2006 GD was contracted to repackage A-10 ammo for AC-130 Gunships. As is so often the case, there's a story behind the story. The USA's fearsome AC-130U "Spooky" Hercules gunships were having their old 40mm
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Have Guns, Will Upgrade: The M109A7 Paladin PIM Self-Propelled Howitzer
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/have-guns-will-upgrade-the-m109a6-paladin-pim-partnership-04039/
The USA's 155mm M109 self-propelled howitzers (SPH) were first introduced in 1962, as a form of armored mobile artillery that could stand up to the massed fire tactics of Soviet heavy artillery and rockets. They and their companion M992
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Re-engining the E-8 JSTARS
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/re-engining-the-e-8-jstars-04891/
The USA's E-8 JSTARS is a Boeing 707-300 derivative that provides a picture of the ground situation analogous to the E-3 AWACS' picture of the air situation. JSTARS aircraft use their radars to determine the direction, speed and patterns of military
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JSTARS Replacement: Competition Opened Wide
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/jumped-up-jstars-mp-rtip-technology-for-ground-surveillance-planes-05156/
E-8C JSTARS Connectivity (click to view larger) The USA's 17-plane E-8C J-STARS (Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System) fleet's ability to monitor enemy ground movements over very wide areas, while seeing through problematic weather…
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MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-fire-scout-vtuav-program-by-land-and-by-sea-updated-01316/
A helicopter UAV is very handy for naval ships, and for armies who can't always depend on runways. The USA's RQ/MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has blazed a trail of firsts in this area, but its history is best described as "colorful." The
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USA's Carter out-throws for Shot Put gold - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y463P-Y4o18
Michelle Carter wins gold for the USA and beats the current Olympic Champion Valerie Adams in the women's shot put final. Subscribe to the official Olympic c...
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Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (SM-1 SM-6)
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/raytheons-standard-missile-naval-defense-family-updated-02919/
SM-2 Launch, DDG-77 (click to view larger) Variants of the SM-2 Standard missile are the USA's primary fleet defense anti-air weapon, and serve with 13 navies worldwide. The most common variant is the RIM-66K-L/ SM-2 Standard Block IIIB, which entered…
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Next-Gen 120mm Tank Killer: ATK’s M829E4 AKE
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Next-Gen-120mm-Tank-Killer-ATKs-M829E4-AKE-06995/
APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA's new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army's M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy…
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USA - Sara Benson - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=RUyfTL-1mCsC&lpg=PA821&dq=southwest%20lonely%20arizona&lr&num=100&as_brr=0&client=firefox-a&pg=P
Hit the road for a classic American journey through forests, fields, metropolises and oases. Whether it's day-tripping form New York City, cruising along the Mississippi, delving into the Grand Canyon, or driving the California coast, this definitive guide…