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Standard Missile 2 (SM-2)

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile Part 16: From Tartar and Terrier to the SM-3

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It’s the Missile that Hits the Target

The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis ballistic missile defense development. While there are countless components to …

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A unitary medium-range ballistic missile target launches from the Pacific missile range facility and flies northwest towards a broad ocean area of the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2013. The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70), equipped with the second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, used a launch-on-remote doctrine to engage the target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) block IA guided missile. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Strategic Framework for Aegis BMD Part 13: Organizing

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As noted in previous posts of this series, the nation’s early ballistic missile defense efforts were understandably focused on protecting against large-scale missile attacks from the Soviet Union and, subsequently, …

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M50 Ontos

M50 Ontos: The Forgotten Tank-killer

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It is the tradition in the U.S. Army to name its tanks after great generals. Over the years there has been the Stuart, the Grant and Lee, the Sherman, the …

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Marine Corps Tropical Uniforms

U.S. Marine Corps Looks to New Tropical Combat Uniform

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The Product Manager Infantry Combat Equipment (PdM-ICE) at United States Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is conducting market research with potential application toward a new Marine Corps “tropical combat uniform.”…

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Marines In Afghanistan

The Marine Corps of 2030

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A s the smallest of the nation’s uniformed military services, the Marine Corps is most susceptible to tight budgets, but also can restructure itself more quickly to adapt to any …

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HAZMAT training support

From CEOss to SeaPort-e The Marine Corps institutes a new tool for procuring services

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Shortly after the start of the second Gulf War, the Marine Corps established a new business model to procure contract support services for Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). That model …

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USS Columbus CG 12

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Three Ts – Talos, Terrier, and Tartar Part 4: A journey begins

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For me, the story of the U.S. Navy’s journey to achieve effective fleet air defense is a personal one – and one that drove my professional career choices. But this …

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M40A5 USMC

Marine Corps Continues M40A5 Sniper Rifle Improvement Investigations

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The United States Marine Corps is continuing to explore and refine a package of potential improvements for its M40A5 sniper rifle.

The M40A5 Sniper Rifle is a Marine Corps-designed weapon …

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M249 with SDO

Marines Seek Machine Gun Rail Space Enhancement Marines looking for more "rail estate"

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While U.S. real estate appears to remain an uncertain proposition, the tactical “rail estate” market has never been hotter, as the explosion of Mil Std 1913 weapon accessory mounting rail …

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Colt M45 .45 ACP

M45A1: The Return of the M1911 .45 ACP? Marine Corps purchase of 12,000 M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols could mean the iconic .45 ACP is the shape of things to come

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When the Marine Corps’ Systems Command in Quantico announced in late July it was awarding a five-year, $22.5 million contract to Colt for roughly 12,000 new M45A1 Close Quarter Battle …

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