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New Updated Timeline of North Korea's Missile Flight Tests
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| July 16, 2009 |
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| CDI Research Assistant Jenny Shin presents the latest chronology of North Korea's missile testing history.
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Jenny Shin
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An Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2009 (FY 09) Defense Budget
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| December 19, 2008 |
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| CDI Research Assistant Beau Rizzo outlines the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Budget and charts the major appropriations and program spending authorized by Congress.
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Beau Rizzo
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Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Budget: Programs of Interest
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| December 19, 2007 |
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| Compiled by CDI Research Assistants Sam Black and Timothy Barnes, this chart details the funding levels passed for certain programs of interest regarding missile defense and space security by the House and Senate for fiscal year 2008. |
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Author(s):
Timothy Barnes
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Fact Sheet on Space Based Infrared System
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| October 18, 2007 |
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| While initially considered a replacement for the Defense Support Program, the United States’ deteriorating early warning satellite system - the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) - has instead become a poster child for program mismanagement. CDI Research Assistant Timothy Barnes provides a brief overview and analysis of the SBIRS program.
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FY06 DOT&E Annual Report for Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
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| January 24, 2007 |
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| Fiscal year 2006 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, January 2007, Ballistic Missile Defense Program |
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FY06 DOT&E Annual Report for Air Force Programs
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| January 24, 2007 |
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| FY06 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, January 2007, Air Force Programs |
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CDI Fact Sheet: MiTEx (Micro-satellite Technology Experiment)
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| July 14, 2006 |
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| On June 18, 2006, a pair of MiTEx microsatellites were launched into geostationary orbit (GEO). Due to their classified nature, the function and technological specifications of the satellites are unknown; even their orbital position is classified. CDI Research Assistant Ryan Caron provides an analysis of the few details available. |
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Ryan Caron
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CDI Fact Sheet: Force Application and Launch from the CONtinental United States (FALCON)
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| June 13, 2006 |
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| The FALCON program, not to be confused with SpaceX’s Falcon 1 or the Air Force’s own FalconSAT programs, is a new effort to provide Prompt Global Strike capability to any location in the world in under two hours. CDI Research Assistant Ryan Caron explains in this CDI fact sheet that the program is slated to replace and enhance the capabilities of ballistic missiles with a new Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle and the larger implications of the associated Small Launch Vehicle program. |
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Ryan Caron
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House Armed Services Committee Takes a Whack at Missile Defense and Space Weapons Programs
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| May 4, 2006 |
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| Public interest advocacy organizations critical of missile defense programs hailed the work of Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee today who cut the Bush administration’s request for national missile defense and space weapons research in the absence of proof that the system works. |
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U.S. Air Force Plans a Laser Test Against a Satellite in FY 07
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| May 3, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Air Force has requested $5.7 million in funding for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to fire a laser from its Starfire Optical Range in New Mexico at a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, as part of a program testing and developing “advanced weapons technologies.” Although Air Force officials say there are “no current plans” for developing antisatellite (ASAT) weapons, they have admitted that the laser test would demonstrate ASAT capabilities. The following is a fact sheet on the planned test. |
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Author(s):
Theresa Hitchens
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