Over the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the newest generation of ground based interceptor defending the United States, the CE-II, successfully collided and destroyed an incoming ballistic missile warhead high in space amongst decoys and countermeasures representative of a long-range North Korean ballistic missile that would threaten the United States of America. This technical achievement validates a… Read more »
Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, issued a statement today concerning the upcoming CE-II Ground Based Interceptor test on Sunday, June 22, 2014. Mr. Ellison countered recent claims that CE-II two test failures in 2010 were caused by rushed deployment in 2004, saying “The responsibility of the failures… Read more »
The Advancing Investments & Trade in Africa (“AITA) announces the official launch of its Ghana Chapter. The Chapter Launch Ceremony will be held on May 29, 2014 at the Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana. The Ghana Chapter will celebrate the special occasion with keynote speaker, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, addressing the… Read more »
The Hope-JG Foundation officially launched on May 6th and announced the organization’s two initial missions on its website (https://hope-jg.org). “Our two initial missions are closely linked.” said John Gregoire, Co-Founder. “Our first is to partner with an existing long term care provider to see that an ALS/MS Residence, similar to the one named after Steve… Read more »
At 7:30 pm (HST), a missile defense interceptor was successfully launched from a land based Aegis Ashore Site in Barking Sands, Kauai. This Aegis Ashore system is one year away from its full operational deployment in Romania to defend Europe against ballistic missiles. This Aegis Ashore system was developed at a cost of $800 million and is… Read more »
