Such demonstration-based assessments underpin both the certification of a refurbished weapon system and the Annual Assessment Review.
The Arrow Weapon System, produced by Israel Aircraft Industries with American financial help, has a record of successful tests (five out of six).
Anti-nuclear protesters chained themselves together at the gate of the Faslane naval base on the Clyde which is home to the UK's Trident weapon system.
Mr Postol says that "as an American supporter of Israel's right to self-defence", he does not feel comfortable seeing the US spend money on a weapon system "that hardly works".
When companies compete to build military hardware, they expect that once a contract is won they will be the sole supplier of a weapon system for a decade or longer.
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Most of the so-called problems with the B-2 are either so minor as to be operationally insignificant, or are expected occurrences at this stage of a complex weapon system's development and production.
For its part, the Center for Security Policy has steadfastly believed that the V-22 would be truly a transformational weapon system and urged that it be brought to bear at the earliest possible time.
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While some of these weapon and sensor systems like the Electromagnetic Railgun or the Free Electron Laser are at least a decade away, the Laser Weapon System and Air and Missile Defense Radar systems are almost ready for prime time deployment today.
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And we will continue to instruct our teams that they work closely together to ensure what is the ultimate outcome -- which is not any particular weapon system or any particular missile range, but rather can we protect our people, can we make sure that the objectives of the alliance are achieved.
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The additional set of over 26, 000 reports released today shows estimated defense spending cut impacts at the "Place of Performance" - a closer measure for potential job losses - for cities, counties and states, with three separate reports for each location: spending by weapon system, by government contracting office, and by products and services.
It also involved the first use of new Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System software, which is designed to ease joint missions involving Royal Navy and US Navy vessels.
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Beyond that, Putin says that Russia will also have what's being described as a space weapon deterrent system by the year 2030, although specifics on it unsurprisingly remain a bit light for the time being.
Instead you are presented with a deep weapon and gear upgrade system that Lara will have to strategically employ to overcome increasingly difficult enemies and environments, all with a unique Survival Action twist.
If Provenge reaches the market, it will be the first approved treatment that trains the body's own immune system as a weapon against tumors.
When someone who falls into a prohibited category for a gun purchase applies to buy a weapon under the background check system, there may be nothing to prosecute.
To ensure the weapon hits the target, the system can be guided by GPS, inertially, or by laser designation.
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This weapon, which is called the Active Denial System, has been developed by the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, in collaboration with Raytheon.
The fight against online piracy just gained a new weapon in the form of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) aka the " six strikes" policy.
This weapon also blends in with the new cover system, where players are able to reach over cover, and around cover, and perform brutal finishing moves.
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The Cornwall carries a 4.5 inch MK8 gun, Goal Keeper CIWS close in weapon systems, Sea Wolf anti-missile system, Harpoon missile launchers, two 20mm close range guns, Lynx MK8 helicopter armament, anti-ship missiles, and one of the most sophisticated command and control communications systems on water.
Most nuclear warheads are designed for use with a specific delivery system, or means of delivering the weapon to the target.
This kind of LEMP weapon could be theoretically deployed as an air defense system to neutralize conventional (IR guided or radar guided) missiles, but could also be used to neutralize UAVs, which are dependent on electronic systems.
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Another weapon in the high-tech arsenal is the "Avenger" system.
Even in an imperfect system, the nuisance value of a threatened lawsuit is a useful weapon for the weak.
Air Force F-15E fighter jets will launch the new weapon, which would find its target either by a laser or satellite guidance system.
Xolair works by targeting an immune-system molecule called immunoglobulin E (IgE), a crucial defensive weapon that goes into overdrive in many patients with allergic asthma.
The weapon in question is thought to be the SA-17 - a modern Russian system which comprises four missiles on a tracked launcher, that also carries an associated radar system.
To find the body's secret weapon, scientists remove cells from a lymph node - a part of the circulation system used by immune cells, but which also often forms a "staging post" for cancer as it spreads around the body.
Jared Loughner was not in the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) that records the names of people of deemed ineligible to purchase a weapon.
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The system even detected when a passing gesture was made, seamlessly making a virtual transfer of the weapon.
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