Iran Test-Fires New Ballistic Missile With Range of 1,200 Mileshttps://sputniknews.com/military/201709231057632271-iran-new-missile-launch-test/
Gorgeous launch of @NASAJPL's #ASPIRE payload at 6:45 a.m. today from Wallops! The team had a smooth countdown and a good flight.
On Sep 12, the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces performed a successful launch of a silo-based Yars ICBM from Plesetsk to the Kura test site in Kamchatka. According to the official release by the Ministry of Defense, the goal of the launch was to confirm reliability of a party of missiles of this class. The statement also said that experimental warheads successfully reached their targets.source: http://russianforces.org/blog/2017/09/test_launch_of_yars_missile_wi.shtml
Russia tested a new and experimental type of intercontinental-range ballistic missile multiple warhead delivery method in September 2017, the Diplomat has learned.According to a U.S. government source with knowledge of a recent U.S. intelligence assessment of Russian ballistic missile testing who spoke to the Diplomat, Russia’s strategic missile force recently tested an independent post-boost vehicle (IPBV) configuration for a three-warhead version of its solid-fuel, road-mobile RS-24 Yars ICBM.The test was carried out on September 12 from a silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Archangelsk Oblast, striking at targets at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai. It occurred just days before the start of the massive Russia-Belarus Zapad-2017 military drills. It’s unclear if this was the first test of an IPBV configuration on a Russian ICBM.
Formidable Shield went succesfully.Two Large missile targets were launched. The first was launched on September 25th, this test didn't go as planned. But the missile was tracked by a radar at a distance of 1500km. This was not part of Formidable Shield. {Thales Naval}.
Quote from: Rik ISS-fan on 10/16/2017 06:43 pmFormidable Shield went succesfully.Two Large missile targets were launched. The first was launched on September 25th, this test didn't go as planned. But the missile was tracked by a radar at a distance of 1500km. This was not part of Formidable Shield. {Thales Naval}. The article says the missile test was part of FS17. Perhaps you meant that the radar tracking was not part of FS17."On 25 September, a ballistic missile was launched from the Hebrides (Scotland) as part of Formidable Shield 2017"
The Navy has locked in requirements for a very-high-speed missile that could provide a key component for a potential prototype Conventional Prompt Strike capability and has launched a competition to design, build and ground test a booster capable of delivering a hypersonic glide body payload.On Oct. 20, the Navy's Strategic Systems Program office issued a final request for proposals for a Hypersonic Booster Technology Development program, giving interested companies until Dec. 20 to respond."The Government is seeking to demonstrate technologies related to intermediate range capability through booster design, fabrication, and validation testing," the solicitation reads. "The primary purpose of this procurement is to design two Technology Booster (TB) Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) stages."The solicitation seeks proposals consistent with a number of non-public documents, including the Technology Booster Requirements Document and a Hypersonic Glide Body Technical Baseline.Following the preliminary design phase for the technology booster, the contract is slated to include an option for the contractor to perform testing to validate its design, according to the solicitation. The contractor, under this option, "will also build and static fire" each demonstration technology booster stage, according to the request for proposals.The Navy notes this technology development effort "is for limited purposes only" and neither reflects an endorsement by the Defense Department "nor does it reflect any policy consideration that may be applied to selected concepts, such as basing consideration or treaty compliance," according to the notice.In a related effort, the Navy's SSP office has retained Lockheed Martin and Raytheon since 2014 to draft technical proposals for an offensive hypersonic weapon as part of an ongoing analysis of alternatives for a conventional prompt strike capability DOD aims to codify in a program of record by 2020.The work by these two companies is not expected to produce a system-level development of a specific hypersonic weapon. The technical trade studies are to evaluate technology options and compare the performance and technology as well as the cost of various options.
http://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1361716/janus-target-successfully-launched-for-patriot-test/Janus Target Successfully Launched for PATRIOT TestSMC Public Affairs / Published November 02, 2017LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Directorate, successfully completed a Janus Target vehicle launch, Sept. 16.“The vehicle provided by RSLP offer realistic and affordable targets for testing of our nation’s missile defense system,” said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force program executive officer for Space and SMC commander. "Congratulations to the Launch Enterprise team and its mission partners for another successful launch."Janus was designed by Orbital ATK to provide a realistic threat target meeting the stringent performance requirements of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT program. The Janus target utilizes a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage. The rocket lifted from its launch pad at Wake Island with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. In addition to Orbital ATK’s work as the prime contractor for the target, ASRC Federal Space & Defense provided mission assurance services to independently verify and validate the Janus Target’s performance.One of the critical elements of the RSLP program is supporting U.S. government research, development and testing. Besides providing the Army’s Lower Tier Project office with a realistic threat target, the Janus mission also serves as a use for the national stockpile of solid motors from heritage ICBM systems. The mission incorporated two surplus solid rocket motors from the Minuteman II weapon system, which was retired in 1994. Media Contact: [email protected]Caption 1: A Janus target sits poised for launch from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)Caption 2: A Janus target launches from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 11/03/2017 04:03 pmhttp://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1361716/janus-target-successfully-launched-for-patriot-test/Janus Target Successfully Launched for PATRIOT TestSMC Public Affairs / Published November 02, 2017LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Directorate, successfully completed a Janus Target vehicle launch, Sept. 16.“The vehicle provided by RSLP offer realistic and affordable targets for testing of our nation’s missile defense system,” said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force program executive officer for Space and SMC commander. "Congratulations to the Launch Enterprise team and its mission partners for another successful launch."Janus was designed by Orbital ATK to provide a realistic threat target meeting the stringent performance requirements of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT program. The Janus target utilizes a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage. The rocket lifted from its launch pad at Wake Island with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. In addition to Orbital ATK’s work as the prime contractor for the target, ASRC Federal Space & Defense provided mission assurance services to independently verify and validate the Janus Target’s performance.One of the critical elements of the RSLP program is supporting U.S. government research, development and testing. Besides providing the Army’s Lower Tier Project office with a realistic threat target, the Janus mission also serves as a use for the national stockpile of solid motors from heritage ICBM systems. The mission incorporated two surplus solid rocket motors from the Minuteman II weapon system, which was retired in 1994. Media Contact: [email protected]Caption 1: A Janus target sits poised for launch from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)Caption 2: A Janus target launches from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)SR19/SR19 with two MLRS strapons - so an identical stack to the eMBRM-T1 vehicle launched in 2013; probablyexactly the same vehicle type as both were OATK.