The self-guided Russian R-77 medium-range air-to-air missile is almost as good as the U.S. AIM-120 AMRAAM.
In 1989, a U.S. fighter jet destroyed a U.S. satellite by firing a modified air-to-air missile into space from an altitude of 80, 000 feet.
Sell Taiwan the AIM-9X helmet display sighted air-to-air missile to confer a balance with the Russian R-73 helmet-sighted AAMs that arm PLAAF Su-27 and Su-30 fighters.
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When B-1Bs went into action in Kosovo, air force commanders could see Serbian SA-6 surface-to-air missile radars track the planes.
Soon, 30 Mil Mi-28 attack helicopters the current standard for Russian forces in all-weather, day-night, operations and 42 Pantsir-S1 short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft systems again the latest in Russian technology and capable of defense against stealth aircraft will be headed to Iraq.
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Targets selected by the United States since the air operation began Sunday have included air defense facilities, ground-to-air missile sites, and command and control facilities of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and the al Qaeda terror network.
Lee has accumulated irrefutable, unclassified evidence of a dirty little secret: Those responsible for designing and deploying the Kremlin's ABM system around Moscow (which was allowed under the 1972 ABM Treaty) were under orders to use its radars and 8, 000-10, 000 surface-to-air interceptors to assemble an illegal nation-wide missile defense.
Cue the dispatch of three Japanese destroyers equipped with missile interceptors to the East China Sea near Okinawa, and the positioning of ground-to-air PAC-3 missile-busters on land nearby.
Two AC-130s have been recently lost - one was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, another crashed in Somalia when, it is thought, a round accidentally exploded.
In June, after U.S. investigators discovered the spent casing of a Russian-made surface-to-air missile lying in the desert near the Prince Sultan air base, Saudi intelligence arrested 11 Saudi members of an al-Qaeda cell for plotting to shoot down U.S. jets that use the facility and for preparing attacks against other American targets in the kingdom.
For example, an attempt to bring down Zia's jet with a surface-to-air missile in 1982 is bungled because the would-be assassin has never used the weapon before.
For the JAGM contract, Lockheed provides a 27-month technology development program that includes design, test and demonstration of joint air-to-ground missile system that significantly enhances warfighters operational flexibility and combat effectiveness.
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If I were to build to a surface-to-air missile capable of destroying an airliner, can I assume that Sheriff Mueller would not only refuse to enforce federal registration, but would actively prevent federal agents from arresting me?
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News agency reports, citing US sources, speak of an arms convoy carrying sophisticated surface-to-air missile systems being attacked near to the Syria-Lebanon border.
Powered by a CO2 cartridge that can pretty much reach anywhere in the arena depending on how much pressure you allow to build up between launches (members of the squad told me they're not allowed to aim for the lights), it's basically a surface-to-air missile.
On Friday days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Russian officials in Moscow and raised concerns over Russian arms shipments to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the Kremlin said it would go ahead with deliveries of ground-to-air missile systems for the Assad government.
The Patriot is an advanced surface-to-air missile system intended to defend against aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.
Surface-to-air missile sites and fighter aircraft, for example, reveal their location as soon as they switch on their radar transmitters to look for targets.
The Feb. 7 crash, videotaped by al Qaeda in Iraq, was one of five deadly surface-to-air missile attacks on U.S. aircraft in Iraq this year.
Gortney said a surface-to-air missile threat would have to be eliminate before pilotless aircraft such as the Global Hawk drone could fly missions to see how successful the strikes have been.
He activated ground-to-air missile systems to deter inspection flights.
The contracts received in the past month range from providing air-to-ground missiles and missile defense systems to light tactical vehicles that can transport troops safely through combat zones.
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One Pentagon official said that since early January, a team including 200 industry experts and scientists had worked furiously to modify the Aegis air-defense missile system so it could shoot down the satellite.
Given the persistent problems that may compromise the future ability of the B-1 to penetrate those defenses and the uncertain political fate of the B-2 bomber, retaining the right to deploy a sizeable and technologically competitive U.S. air-launched cruise missile force is imperative.
To the contrary, it has taken great pains to protect those elements of its leadership and workforce deemed necessary to the survival of the Soviet Union through an array of ballistic missile, air and civil defenses -- even as it has strived to increase U.S. vulnerability through a relentless buildup of offensive nuclear arms.
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As long as the United States foreswears sea-, air- and space-based missile defenses in particular, it will be unable to develop, to say nothing of deploy, effective anti-missile systems.
There has been minimal progress on the commitments to a new bomber, a replacement air-launched nuclear cruise missile, and possibly a new ICBM.
The Obama Administration is not going to build a Death Star and I do not have a problem with that but the Obama Administration is also refusing to fund a second development air-frame for the Boeing anti-ballistic missile laser battle station and that I regard as a serious policy error.
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