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 by AFP Staff Writers Warsaw (AFP) March 17, 2022
Britain will deploy its latest medium-range missile defence system in Poland, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced Thursday in Warsaw. Poland, which borders Ukraine, risks becoming a future target of Russian attacks after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24. The Sky Sabre system will help Poland defend its airspace from Russian weapons. "As a NATO ally and a very old ally, Britain stands by Poland as Poland carries much of the burden of the consequences of this war," Wallace said after a meeting with Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. "We stand alongside Poland and protecting their air base from any further aggression by Russia", Wallace added. Under the new agreement, Britain will help Poland develop the same missile defence system. Britain has not revealed when the system will be deployed or for how long. Sky Sabre has "the ability to hit a tennis ball at the speed of sound", Wallace said.
MDA retires space tracking and surveillance system after 12 years, thousands of missions Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) retired two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites on March 8, 2022, ending an extraordinarily successful experiment that demonstrated that a space layer can significantly enhance the Missile Defense System (MDS). On September 25, 2009 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, MDA, NASA, and the Air Force launched the STSS demonstration space vehicles into space aboard a single Delta II rocket. The STSS satellites were the Ag ... read more
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