MISSILE DEFENSE MONDAYS March 22 - 28, 2022 THE WEEK IN BRIEF On Thursday, North Korea test-fired possibly its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the sea in what would be its first such test since 2017. South Korea's military responded with live-fire drills of its own missiles launched from land vehicles, aircraft, and a ship, underscoring a revival of tensions as nuclear negotiations remain frozen. South Korea said it confirmed readiness to execute precision strikes against North Korea's missile launch points as well as command and support facilities. Also on Thursday, three U.S. officials disclosed an assessment that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine. The disclosure could help explain why Russia has failed to achieve what most could consider basic objectives since its invasion a month ago, such as neutralizing Ukraine's air force, despite the apparent strength of its military against Ukraine's much smaller armed forces. On Sunday, Russia targeted the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with cruise missiles, the Russian defense minister announced. Russian forces struck a fuel facility near Lviv being used by the Ukrainian military with high-precision long-range missiles and used cruise missiles to strike a plant in the city being used to fix anti-aircraft systems, radar stations, and tank sights. Click here to read all of this week's headlines. TUESDAY MDAA Virtual Congressional Roundtable Click here to learn more and RSVP MDAA ACADEMICS AND INNOVATION Centering the World on Space and Defense at the University of Southern California. Dreaming Big, Being Big and Dreaming with Big Dreamers and Doers to Give the Dream - Champions - World Champions - it was a great meeting of the minds with academia to set the conditions to win - Ret Vice Chief General John Hyten and former acting Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan with the Deans of Public Policy and Engineering schools - Dana Goodman and Yannis Yortsos, and we made Vision to win. Fight On! MDAA TRIBUTES Congressman Don Young 1933-2022 A Warrior, A Hunter, A Leader, A Believer A Man that has Seen it all, Heard it all, and Led through it all 49 years of service to the American public and the State of Alaska Spanning 10 United States Presidents... Click here to read the full tribute. MDAA ALERTS Clear and Compelling With the reality of diminished or nonexistent intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance (ISR), Russia has consumed close to half of its entire missile inventory in 20 days. Russian military forces under the direction of Vladimir Putin have resorted to indiscriminate... Click here to read more. MDAA WEBSITE UPDATES AND FEATURES Ukrainian War Updates Track the number and type of missiles used in the Ukrainian war, the number of casualties, and daily news highlights. Track updates on the Ukrainian war. AN/APG-79 AESA The AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is an airborne radar made for F/A-18 E/F aircraft.[i] It is comprised of numerous solid-state transmit and receive modules to practically eliminate the possibility of mechanical breakdown... Read more about the AN/APG-79 . MDAA IN THE NEWS Explained: Why Israel's Iron Dome Won't Help Ukraine Against Russia - Haaretz Despite increasingly vocal calls for Jerusalem to provide Kyiv with missile defense technology, experts believe logistical and technological limitations mean Israel’s Iron Dome... Click here to read the full story. NEWS MISSILE DEFENSE NEWS Arctic Edge Brings Army’s Patriot, Avenger Systems to Alaska for the First Time - Air Force Mag - 3/22/2022 De Fatta becomes SMDC deputy to the commander - Redstone Rocket - 3/23/2022 THREAT NEWS New Videos Show Russian Navy Firing 8 Naval Cruise Missiles From the Black Sea - USNI - 3/22/2022 Russia launched hypersonic missiles due to a low stockpile, sources say - Politico - 3/22/2022 Ukraine’s Air Defense Becomes Its Surprising Trump Card Against Russia - Wall Street Journal - 3/22/2022 Iran unveils its new local-made AD-200 air defense missile system during DIMDEX 2022 in Qatar - Army Recognition - 3/23/2022 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tout missile prowess at Doha exhibition - Reuters - 3/24/2022 North Korea test-fires suspected ICBM that may be its biggest - CBS News - 3/24/2022 Exclusive: U.S. assesses up to 60% failure rate for some Russian missiles, officials say - Reuters - 3/25/2022 N. Korean missile capability warrants early deployment of new missile interceptors: U.S. commander - Yonhap News Agency - 3/25/2022 Kim Jong Un channels ‘Top Gun’ in bizarre video of North Korean missile launch - New York Post - 3/25/2022 G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the DPRK’s Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - US Department of State - 3/25/2022 Russia hits Ukraine’s Lviv with cruise missiles, defense ministry says - New York Post - 3/27/2022 OTHER NEWS Chenega Subsidiary to Help Maintain MDA Missile Launch Hardware - Executive Biz - 3/21/2022 Giant missile-detecting balloon begins operational use over northern Israel - Times of Israel - 3/23/2022 S. Korea approves upgrade of missile defense following N. Korea’s ICBM launch - Yonhap News Agency - 3/25/2022 Germany Weighing Missile-Defense Shield Made in U.S. or Israel - Bloomberg - 3/27/2022 Stay Connected: ‌ ‌ ‌ MDAA | 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!