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| June 25, 2008 |
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Space Security Update #4: June 25, 2008 (Briefing)
Satellite Sold to Pentagon With Caveat That It Cannot Be Shot Down • Contractors Submit Proposals for Detecting Attacks on Satellites • Military Satellites Tens of Billions of Dollars Over Budget • First Space Development Minister Appointed in Japan • Boeing’s Potential Bid for European Global Satellite Navigation System • China Launches Satellite for Olympic Games • India Creates Integrated Space Cell • France Intends to Double Its Military Space Budget • China Will Attempt Space Walk
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| June 17, 2008 |
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Missile Defense Update #4: June 17, 2008 (Briefing)
No Intercept to be Attempted in Next GMD Test • Successful Test Intercept of Sea-based Terminal Defense Program • Discussions Continue Over European Missile Defense Site • HASC Limits Missile Defense Funding • Rafael Allowed to Work on Shabbat for Iron Dome System Efforts • Japan’s Parliament OKs Move Toward Military Use of Space Partially Due to Missile Defense Programs • Satellite Networks Necessary for Early Missile Warning Move Along • Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System Unit Activated • Sea-Based X-Band Radar Back for Repairs • Pacific Missile Range Facility: Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation • Russia May Withdraw Radar Offer to United States • Turkey Investigating Missile Defense Systems
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| June 16, 2008 |
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Afghanistan Update: May 2008 (Reports)
News and analysis about the security situation in Afghanistan and the surrounding region.
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| June 11, 2008 |
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Star Wars Suffers Czech Indigestion (Opinion)
The controversial proposed missile defense shield in Eastern Europe is still being spearheaded by the George W. Bush administration in its final months. CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson explains in this commentary published by Minuteman Media on June 11, 2008 why protesters and the public in the Czech Republic are fighting the plans for the system, in opposition to the Czech government, who supports the initiative.
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| June 6, 2008 |
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Should FCS Be Next? (Analysis)
When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates demanded the resignations of the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force, some of the media coverage noted that one of the many reasons was the Air Force's persistence in advocating still more F-22 aircraft purchases, despite the Raptor's complete irrelevance, and non-appearance, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Secretary Gates has also questioned the relevance of the Army's extraordinarily costly and complex Future Combat System (FCS). In an insightful analysis of the Future Combat System, Straus Military Reform Project Research Assistant Valerie Reed and CDI Research Assistant Jessica Guiney explain why Mr. Gates has every reason to be extremely concerned.
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| May 5, 2008 |
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The Muddled Picture of Missile Defense Success (Analysis)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) claims to have had "26 of 27 successful flight tests just since September of 2005." However, a closer examination of the flight test history shows that this is an overly rosy view of missile defense progress. CDI Research Analyst Victoria Samson explains why in her analysis entitled "The Muddled Picture of Missile Defense Success. 26 for 27 missile defense successes: Not quite what it seems."
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