MISSILE DEFENSE MONDAYS October 6 - October 12, 2020 THE WEEK IN BRIEF Click Here to Watch The Missile Defense Mondays Video On Monday, it was announced by the Space Development Agency (SDA) that L3Harris and SpaceX had been awarded contracts to develop satellites for the SDA's Space Sensor Layer. The companies will each build four wide field of view satellites and launch them in 2022 as part of the Tracking Layer Tranche 0. Also on Monday, it was announced that Azerbaijan fired an Israel Aerospace Industries built LORA missile in Armenia. Two days later, Armenia fired a Tochka-U tactical missile against Azerbaijani troops. That same day, Azerbaijani defense forces intercepted a long-range missile attack from Armenia. On Tuesday, Russia performed a successful test launch of its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile and hit a target 450 km away in the Barents Sea. The Tsirkon missile was launched from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and Russia claimed it flew at speeds over Mach 8. Shortly after, Russia announced that it planned to carry out three additional test launches of the Tsirkon this year. Also on Tuesday, it was announced that Palestinian militants had launched a rocket from Gaza into southern Israel the previous day. The firing broke a week-long lull in attacks but did not cause any damage or injuries. On Friday, the U.S. Navy took the delivery of its AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar Systems at the CSEDS in Moorestown. The radar is set to be fitted on new Construction Flight III Destroyers, beginning with USS Jack H Lewis in 2024. On Saturday, North Korea held its 75th-anniversary military parade, displaying known and new missile capabilities. During the parade, North Korea displayed several of its newest missile capabilities like the KN-25, KN-23, and KN-24. North Korea also showed a new SLBM and ICBM capabilities. The SLBM was labeled the Pukguksong-4A and the new ICBM is believed to be based on the Hwasong-15 ICBM and is the largest missile to be displayed by North Korea. MDAA ALERTS From Good to Great At the height of the Army’s FIRES Conference, last Thursday, October 1, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army successfully integrated the Patriot air and missile defense system with the THAAD system and intercepted a missile target at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico... Click here to read more. Don't Rain On My Parade Over this past weekend, on Saturday, the 10th of October 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the DPRK Workers’ Party, in dramatic fashion from the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, North Korea rolled out their new road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, considered the largest road-mobile ICBM ever built... Click here to read more. MDAA WEBSITE UPDATES AND FEATURES Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System provides the capability to engage and destroy limited intermediate- and long-range ballistic missile threats in space to protect the United States homeland... Learn more about GMD. Hwasong-15/KN-22 On November 29, 2017 around 3:00am Pyongyang Time, North Korea test fired a ballistic missile from the Sain-ni area. This test came after a two-month lull in North Korean missile tests. The test was a milestone as it marked the longest flight of a North Korean ICBM... Learn more about the Hwasong-15. Israel Israel is a very close ally for the United States and this position enables Israel to share some of the most advanced U.S. technologies. Geopolitics of the Middle East region and very hostile neighbors (technically Israel has been at war with Syria for decades) dictates the country... Learn more about Israel. MISSILE DEFENDER OF THE WEEK Master Sergeant Brandon Renko MSgt Renko is currently serving as Superintendent, 611th Air Operations Center, Joint-Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska. As the Superintendent, he is a principal advisor to the commander on issues related to unit readiness, morale, admin actions, discipline, quality of life initiatives, and mentoring for 11 different AFSC’s. Furthermore, MSgt Renko provides the commander with a mission ready force prepared to execute unit operations. MSgt Renko graduated from Samuel Clemens High School in 2001. He enlisted in the Air Force on April 15, 2003 and upon graduation from Basic Military Training, he stationed at Keesler Air Force Base (AFB) for Weather Technical Training, later earning his CCAF in Weather Technology in 2012. His first duty assignment was with the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Operational Weather Squadron at Sembach AFB, Germany. MSgt Renko’s additional tours of duty include Moody AFB, Georgia; Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Creech AFB, Nevada; and his current assignment to Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. His contingency deployments have taken him to Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, and Afghanistan. MSgt Renko has a wide breadth of experience supporting different platforms including the F-22, F-15 Strike Eagle, A-10, RQ-170, and multiple combat deployments, some of which were in direct support of Brigade Combat Teams. Click here to view all the awardees from the 2020 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year. MDAA IN THE NEWS Japan hopes to have alternative to Aegis Ashore missile-defense system by year’s end The Japanese government has ordered officials to quickly come up with an alternative to the rejected U.S.-made Aegis Ashore missile-defense system — possibly one that can float on a platform at sea... Click here to read the full article. North Korea unveils 'monster' new intercontinental ballistic missile at parade North Korea unveiled previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented predawn military parade on Saturday that showcased the country’s long-range weapons for the first time in two years... Click here to read the full article. NEWS MISSILE DEFENSE NEWS Romania’s Romaero becomes global supplier of Patriot defense system components - 10/6/20 - SeeNews Navy asks Northrop Grumman surface warfare experts to build electronic warfare (EW) for ship missile defense - 10/6/20 - Military and Aerospace Electronics L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites - 10/6/20 - SpaceNews US Pentagon Is Soliciting Ideas for Stealth Rocket Fuel Until Late October – 10/7/2020 – The Science Times MDA sets up homeland cruise missile defense shop; U.S., Canada considering ways to reduce blind spots – 10/7/2020 – Inside Defense SMDC team launches another successful target – 10/8/2020 – The US Army US and Japanese forces will practice island amphibious landings together this month – 10/8/2020 – Stars and Stripes U.S., Romania Chart 10-Year Road Map for Military Cooperation - 10/8/2020 - Defense Department News SDA Issues Launch Services Solicitation for Space Defense Architecture Program – 10/9/2020 – GovCon Wire US Navy takes delivery of new missile defense radar system – 10/9/2020 – Naval Technology THREAT NEWS Israel army: Rocket fired from Gaza toward Israel - 10/6/20 - Arab News Two rockets fall in Baghdad, no casualties - 10/6/20 - Arab News Houthi missile targets Saudi’s Jazan province - 10/6/20 - Gulf Business Russia touts test launch of hypersonic missile on Putin’s birthday - 10/7/20 - Reuters Work on Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missile continued for over 30 years — designer - 10/7/20 - Tass Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate eliminates enemy warship with cruise missiles in drills - 10/8/20 - Tass At North Korean military parade, get ready for ‘something big’ - 10/8/20 - The Japan Times Unusual Submarine Likely To Increase Threat From North Korea - 10/2/20 - Naval News Russia to hold three more test launches of Tsirkon hypersonic missile by year-end - 10/9/20 - Tass OTHER NEWS NATO Chief: Turkey’s Russian-Made S-400 Missiles Pose Risks to Allied Aircraft – 10/6/2020 – CNS News Baku reports missile strike from Armenian territory – 10/6/2020 – Tass Report: Azerbaijan fires LORA missile made by IAI – 10/7/2020 – Israel Defense Armenia uses Tochka-U tactical missiles against Azerbaijan’s troops – 10/7/2020 - Defense Blog Pakistan and China are reportedly building new missile sites along western border – 10/7/2020 - Business Insider India Senators push for Turkey sanctions after reports Ankara used Russian system to detect US-made jets – 10/8/2020 - The Hill  2nd Armenian missile attack prevented in Azerbaijan’s Yevlakh – 10/8/2020 - Daily Sabah  Space Force gets its first vice chief of space operations – 10/8/2020 - C4ISRNET  Azerbaijan shoots down Armenian-fired missile – 10/9/2020 - News.Az  Stay Connected: ‌ ‌ ‌ 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!