MISSILE DEFENSE MONDAYS October 26 - November 2, 2020 THE WEEK IN BRIEF Click Here to Watch The Missile Defense Mondays Video On Monday, the U.S. INDOPACOM and Japan Self-Defense Force teamed up to begin the two-week exercise Keen Sword 21. The forces train as part of a "comprehensive scenario" to test crisis response capabilities and increase interoperability between the two forces. On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran has begun construction of an underground centrifuge assembly plant. The plant, near the Natanz nuclear facility, appears to be a replacement for the Tehran plant that was destroyed in July. Also on Wednesday, the Russian Aerospace Force successfully test-fired a new missile from its ABM defense system. The test was performed at the Sary-Shagan proving ground in Kazakhstan. On Friday, Azerbaijan destroyed a Smerch missile launcher belonging to the Armenian Armed Forces. The launcher had reportedly been used by Armenia in the shelling of the city of Barda.  On Monday, it was reported that Russia has marked two zones in the Barents Sea for "missile-firing" and restricted sailing. The restrictions are part of the preparations by the Northern Fleet for a long-range test of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile. Also on Monday, it was reported that Japan is planning to order two additional Aegis ships. The ships are set to partially fill the hole left by the earlier Aegis Ashore cancellation and will be equipped with SPY-7 radar. Click here to read all of this week's headlines. MDAA ALERTS Show and TEL In 2008 the United States flew 2,500 air sorties over vast areas of desert in Iraq in an effort to track, locate, and destroy Iraq’s Transportable Erector Launchers (TEL) which were launching missiles at U.S. forces and allies during the Gulf War. In non-contested airspace over Iraq... Click here to read more. A Navy That Swarms The Sea Both China and Russia, the United States’ competitive peers, have placed significant emphasis on developing and deploying Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities in critical strategic areas, to include hypersonic missiles to target forward-operating U.S. aircraft carriers, critical air bases, and ports... Click here to read more. MDAA WEBSITE UPDATES AND FEATURES Turkey Turkey is a key NATO member located at the gateway between Europe and the Middle East. The country borders two failed states–Iraq and Syria–and subsequently is under constant threat from the residual effects of regional conflict. The Syrian civil conflict poses a threat to Turkish national security... Learn more about Turkey. Defense Support Program (DSP) The Defense Support Program has a history of launching atop Titan III and IV family of launch vehicles (to include the Titan addition of the Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade) with one exception to date. DSP-16 was launched aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis in November 1991. DSP was first deployed on November 6, 1970... Learn more about DSP. Natanz Enrichment Facility Construction on the Natanz Enrichment facility began in secret in 2002. It was intended to be Iran’s primary nuclear material enrichment facility. By 2003, the international community had learned of the construction of Natanz, and the IAEA visited that same year. For two years, from 2004 to 2006... Learn more about Natanz. MISSILE DEFENDER OF THE WEEK Major Brieanna Carroll Maj Carroll is Chief of Combat Plans Branch, 611th Air Operations Center, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. She is responsible for the planning, allocation, and tasking of air and cyberspace forces for the Alaskan NORAD Region Combined Air Forces Component Commander. She leads planning for contingency responses across the Alaskan NORAD Region by assessing resources, managing operation objectives, and informing strategic Alaskan NORAD Region alert forces of daily posture options. Maj Carroll received her commission in 2009 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Pepperdine University. Her first two assignments were with the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron and the 621st Air Control Squadron. She is currently assigned to the 962d Airborne Air Control Squadron and the 611th Air Operations Center. As an Air Battle Manager, she is an Evaluator Senior Director with 1,180 Combat and Combat Support hours in Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Combined Defense of the Arabian Gulf, Operation NOBLE EAGLE, and counter-drug operations. Maj Carroll is a Senior Air Battle Manager with over 2,240 flying hours. Click here to view all the awardees from the 2020 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year. NEWS MISSILE DEFENSE NEWS There and Back Again: A Missile Defense Original Retires - 10/27/20 - The U.S. Army US, Japan militaries launch Keen Sword 21 exercise - 10/27/20 - Navy Times USS Donald Cook fires SM-2 during Joint Warrior 20-2 - 10/28/20 - Military News Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown – 10/28/2020 – Breaking Defense French warships to get new drone swarm-killing gun derived from land weapons – 10/28/2020 – Defense News How a Pacific missile test site is keeping up with challenging tests in a pandemic – 10/30/2020 – Defense News North Korea’s big nuke doesn’t scare the 100th Missile Defense Brigade – 10/30/2020 – Washington Examiner Gulf states seek Israeli missile defense systems - 10/30/2020 - Globes Shortfalls of Defensive Hypersonic Weapons Must Be Addressed, NORAD General Says – 10/30/2020 – Department of Defense News 605 TES, Det 1 provides tactical command and control during Astral Knight – 10/30/2020 – DVIDS Turkey unveils new ULAQ Armored Unmanned Surface Vessel armed with missile systems – 10/30/2020 – Navy Recognition THREAT NEWS Moscow seeks detente stating readiness not to deploy 9M729 missiles, says senator - 10/27/20 - Tass UN Watchdog Confirms New Construction At Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility - 10/28/20 - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran puts air defense assets on display - 10/29/20 - Military Times Russia successfully test-fires new ABM interceptor missile - 10/29/20 - Tass US seizes Iranian missiles, slaps Iran-related sanctions on 11 entities - 10/30/20 - Arab News U.S. Embassy Lowers Rare Warning of Missile Attack on Riyadh - 10/30/20 - Bloomberg OTHER NEWS Azerbaijan Says Four Civilians Killed in Armenia Missile Strike – 10/28/2020 – The Defense Post U.S. Holds Talks Over Economic, Security Arrangements With Greenland – 10/29/2020 – Wall Street Journal Azerbaijan Says 21 Dead in Armenia Missile Attack – 10/29/2020 – The Defense Post US Army’s Prometheus AI Software to Increase Sensor, Shooter Capabilities – 10/29/2020 - The Defense Post Arms race on steroids: Hypersonic missile proliferation in South Asia – 10/29/2020 - The Nation Azerbaijan destroys Smerch missile launcher of Armenian troops used to shell Barda – MoD (VIDEO) – 10/30/2020 - Trend News Agency Stay Connected: ‌ ‌ ‌ MDAA | 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!