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Article: Existing Satellites Unable To Track Incoming Short-Range Missiles In Iraq War.
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- October 9, 2003
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By Amy Butler
The recent war in Iraq highlighted a vulnerability in the United States' satellite-based system used to detect and warn soldiers of incoming missiles, although officials did quickly develop a workaround that kept coalition forces safe, according to military officials.
The Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite constellation "couldn't pick up the short-burn missiles" launched against coalition forces, Brig. Gen. Robert Lennox, Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) commanding general for operations, said this week at a forum at the Association of U.S. Army national convention in Washington, D.C.
DSP, built by TRW, which ...
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