Over the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the newest generation of ground based interceptor defending the United States, the CE-II, successfully collided and destroyed an incoming ballistic missile warhead high in space amongst decoys and countermeasures representative of a long-range North Korean ballistic missile that would threaten the United States of America. This technical achievement validates a… Read more »
Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, issued a statement today concerning the upcoming CE-II Ground Based Interceptor test on Sunday, June 22, 2014. Mr. Ellison countered recent claims that CE-II two test failures in 2010 were caused by rushed deployment in 2004, saying “The responsibility of the failures… Read more »
At 7:30 pm (HST), a missile defense interceptor was successfully launched from a land based Aegis Ashore Site in Barking Sands, Kauai. This Aegis Ashore system is one year away from its full operational deployment in Romania to defend Europe against ballistic missiles. This Aegis Ashore system was developed at a cost of $800 million and is… Read more »
Riki Ellison, The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, held its first annual Alaska Missile Defender of the Year Award Ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, May 10, honoring those members of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard who operate the U.S. Ground Based Midcourse System. The top award presented was the first ever Ted… Read more »
Rev. Dennis Hamilton, who has served as a visionary leader in promoting progressive values, social justice, and interfaith activism in North Texas for 27 years, will retire as senior minister of Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church on May 20, 2014—his 70th birthday. With Rev. Hamilton, a graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry, serving as the… Read more »
