Such demonstration-based assessments underpin both the certification of a refurbished weapon system and the Annual Assessment Review.
Some experts say this weapon system could be a game-changer by creating "no-go zones" for U.S. aircraft carriers.
The weapon system used was a CHT-02D torpedo with approximately 250 kilograms of explosives manufactured by North Korea.
Our recently announced sale of the Patriot defensive weapon system to Taiwan was a good start, but more needs to be done.
William Crowe find compelling the Soviet argument that no weapon system or area of military activity should be "sacrosanct" from arms control.
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The Arrow Weapon System, produced by Israel Aircraft Industries with American financial help, has a record of successful tests (five out of six).
As part of this contract, Lockheed Martin will provide 12 THAAD weapon system launchers, 2 fire control and communication units, and related support equipment.
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Anti-nuclear protesters chained themselves together at the gate of the Faslane naval base on the Clyde which is home to the UK's Trident weapon system.
For a major weapon system sale to a critical non-NATO ally (and sometimes to a NATO ally) to be fully approved within two years is almost a miracle.
Mr Postol says that "as an American supporter of Israel's right to self-defence", he does not feel comfortable seeing the US spend money on a weapon system "that hardly works".
When companies compete to build military hardware, they expect that once a contract is won they will be the sole supplier of a weapon system for a decade or longer.
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Most of the so-called problems with the B-2 are either so minor as to be operationally insignificant, or are expected occurrences at this stage of a complex weapon system's development and production.
For its part, the Center for Security Policy has steadfastly believed that the V-22 would be truly a transformational weapon system and urged that it be brought to bear at the earliest possible time.
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Far from contemplating the early deployment of the ALTB, the Fiscal Year 2011 defense budget recently submitted to Congress by the Obama administration eliminates any further preparation of the platform as a weapon system.
This may translate into distinct competitive advantages for foreign firms anxious to wipe out the last remaining U.S.-owned and -based manufacturers of these products, items critical to virtually every modern weapon system in the American arsenal.
This missile system, when operational and combined with China's developing over-the-horizon radar network and its new constellation of imaging and radar satellites designed to locate U.S. ships at great distances, will make for a potent weapon system.
"This decision is not about any one weapon system, but merely about a strategy of warfare, a strategy that drives the choices that we must make about how best to prepare our total forces for the future, " Rumsfeld said.
While some of these weapon and sensor systems like the Electromagnetic Railgun or the Free Electron Laser are at least a decade away, the Laser Weapon System and Air and Missile Defense Radar systems are almost ready for prime time deployment today.
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The men and women Elmendorf who play a vital role in the air defense of our nation and, if necessary, in the projection of dominant aerospace power overseas understandably wanted to have as the backdrop for an important presidential address their best weapon system, the F-22 Raptor.
And we will continue to instruct our teams that they work closely together to ensure what is the ultimate outcome -- which is not any particular weapon system or any particular missile range, but rather can we protect our people, can we make sure that the objectives of the alliance are achieved.
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The additional set of over 26, 000 reports released today shows estimated defense spending cut impacts at the "Place of Performance" - a closer measure for potential job losses - for cities, counties and states, with three separate reports for each location: spending by weapon system, by government contracting office, and by products and services.
It also involved the first use of new Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System software, which is designed to ease joint missions involving Royal Navy and US Navy vessels.
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Beyond that, Putin says that Russia will also have what's being described as a space weapon deterrent system by the year 2030, although specifics on it unsurprisingly remain a bit light for the time being.
Instead you are presented with a deep weapon and gear upgrade system that Lara will have to strategically employ to overcome increasingly difficult enemies and environments, all with a unique Survival Action twist.
Kunstler vowed to keep the revolutionaries in the streets by using the legal system as a weapon against American society.
If Provenge reaches the market, it will be the first approved treatment that trains the body's own immune system as a weapon against tumors.
Terrorists have used our legal system as a weapon for quite a while, and have found no shortage of American lawyers willing to do their dirty work.
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When someone who falls into a prohibited category for a gun purchase applies to buy a weapon under the background check system, there may be nothing to prosecute.
Last week I addressed a group of first-year law students from the Franklin Pierce Law Center of New Hampshire, discussing how terrorists use our legal system as a weapon.
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North Korea's ambitious long-range missile programme is seen as the obvious delivery system for such a weapon.
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