THERE IS A HUGE HOLE IN NATO'S DEFENSE

THE "VECTOR" THREAT

When analyzing American ballistic missile capabilities and anti-aircraft missiles with long range ballistic capabilities, Russian rocket experts have found that the problem is that American rockets cannot intercept any ballistic missile in the mesosphere, that is the alti- tude between 35000m and 80000m. Therefore, Russia has focused on developing means of hypersonic cruise-flights  for long distances, at precisely these different heights. The prin- ciple used by the US antiballistic shield is to send a rocket into space, and  near the point of impact, calculate the trajectory of the ballistic missile.

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The Boeing X-51 WaveRider is an unmanned research scramjet aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h, an altitude of 70,000 feet, 21,000 m.

American interceptor-missiles are operating as suborbital rockets with solid fuel. Once they are started, they cannot be stopped and the traction cannot be adjusted. More impor- tantly, the interceptor-missile will not comply with the ballistic missile target trajectory-calculations, avoid- ance maneuvers, and calculations regarding missile intercepting misses. There is a huge hole in NATO's defense! Today, NATO is at a crucial way-point, and the mem er countries must counter the vector-threat, if the alliance is not to become a paper tiger without claws! Stay focused and alert, folks! Fight terrorism in all its evil, and a very good day to you all.

The 5th Generation F35 Lightning II represents a new technology level, a completely new aggregation of weaponary, which mean a new engine, a new fuselage, a new cockpit, new weaponry and new software support. When all these elements are more or less disconnec- ted from each other, it’s called a 4th generation and in general this is the situation today. In a combat situation the 5th generation comprises the individual equipment of the F35 as part of a new type of air offensive, an overall information-tactical system, a single information battle space, communicating with satellites in real-time in synch with all other elements and devices developed some fifteen years ago and adopted in the F-22 “Raptor”.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman sits in the cockpit of the F-35 stealth fighter jet, as Chief of Staff of the IAF Brig. Gen. Tal Kelman stands over him, during an unveiling ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 22, 2016

Due to high cost, the decisions taken by the President and the Congress to purchases the F-22 “Raptor” has now been terminated, and thus the amount of these advanced planes are now quite limited. Also some of the elements within the 5th Generation were not implemented in its entirety which was the real reason behind termination of this plane, I believe. And now it’s the F-35’s turn. It has been marred by high hardware and software overruns as well as high costs, which has delayed the production. All of the 100 F35’s which has been made till now have been recalled because they lack the upgrades. L-Band Radar from Chinese and Russian planes can pick up the F35’s stealth-like profile.

"The U.S. will counter any vector threat and respond accordingly"

USS GERALD R FORD: ANCHORS AWEIGH

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Another means of hypersonic fighting, which is now in testing in Russia, is space glider Yu-71, Project 4202, which between 2013 and 2016 was launched four times from Dombar- ovsky Cosmodrome, using the first stage of intercontinental ballistic missile UR-100. At an altitude of 70 km, the rocket begins corrections for applying space gliding at a hori- zontal trajectory giving it a cruising speed of 6000-12.500 km/h, then separation takes place. Crui- cing altiude up to 80,000m, veapons nuclar or conventional.

YU-71 HYPERSONIC SPACE GLIDER WITH A NON CALCULABLE AND VARIABLE TRAJECTORY

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The entire space glider flight distance of 5500 km was overcome in 16 minutes. Unlike war- heads of ballistic missiles, space gliding of the Yu-71 creates lift and can maneuver,

so that its flight is one of the variables that cannot be calculated by computers of ballistic shields centers of the U.S.

  Starting from 2020, Russia will have 24 Yu-71’s at the Dombarovsky strategic nuclear base.

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"3M22 ZIRKON" MACH 7.4

The 3M22 Zirkon has a similar path meant for striking aircraft carriers. Launching tests began on March 18th, 2016. The rocket Zirkon, which weights 5t, is launched from an aircraft and is equipped with a scramjet engine type, compressing air before it enters the combustion chamber. There is no stage compressor, using only dynamic compression, obtained via the intake device.  The scramjet-engine gives the Zirkon rocket a speed of Mach 6.2, 6500 km/h, at a cruising altitude of 30,000m. The kinetic impact energy  with the target is fifty times higher than available air-ship missiles today. 

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           WITHIN MINUTES                         NORWAY  WILL BE CUT OFF FROM ALL ALLIED SUPPLY-LINES AND FIND ITSELF BEHIND ENEMY-CONTROLLED OPERATIONS

RAMSUND NORTHERN NORWAY BOMB EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER IN THE 2017 ANTI-DEMOLITION EXERCISE

       The Norwegian Navy

 KYSTJEGERKOMMANDOEN

RAMSUND NAVAL BASE NORWAY

 THE BEST AND THE FINEST   OF THE NORWEGIAN FORCES TODAY A remote controlled robot is used in this dangerous anti-demolition work

Highly skilled Norwegian frog-men during the 2017 winter exercise

Members of the Royal Norwegian Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Command demonstrate ice diving ordnance recovery tactics, techniques, and procedures to members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 during Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017. EODMU-8 is participating in Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017, a multi-national EOD exercise conducted in the austere environments of northern Norway.

Norwegian and U.S. soldiers exercising together

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, exchange dive tactics, techniques, and procedures with a Norwegian Navy diving instructor during a cold water SCUBA dive. An adaptive force package commanded by Commander, Task Group 68.1, is participating in Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017, a multi-national EOD exercise conducted in the austere environments of northern Norway. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.Lt. Benjamin Fernandez, center, company commander of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Company, conducts a cold water MCM neutralization dive. EODMU-8 is participating in Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017, a multi-national EOD exercise conducted in the austere environments of northern Norway.

Deep down, beneath the sea. . .from two to twenty meters. . .

A Search, Find and Destroy Mission

Sailors assigned to Platoon 802, the mine countermeasure platoon of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, conduct dismounted counter-improvised explosive device operations. EODMU-8 is participating in Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017, a multinational explosive ordnance disposal exercise conducted in the austere environments of northern Norway. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 and the Norwegian Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team participate in a cold-weather endurance ruck march during Exercise Arctic Specialist 2017 in Ramsund, Norway. The exercise is commanded by the Commander of Task Group 68.1 and conducted in the austere environments of northern Norway.

"CONTRARY TO CONVENTIONAL THINKING, AN ATTACK ON NORWAY WILL NOT COME IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION, BUT IN AN EAST-WEST TRAJECTORY OVER THE BALTIC SEA AND SWEDEN"

The bulk of Norway's resistance is located in Mid-Norway, in the County of Trondelag. Why bother to traverse Norway's rugged mountains and fjords with troops, when there is a much easier and faster way, without hardly any resistance to talk about, over the Baltic Sea and Sweden.Bellow, South and West Norway, not a terrain one want to traverse on foot. ESA     KALININGRAD OBLAST TO OSLO NORWAY WITH "3M22 ZIRCON": 8 MIN. 47 SEC.

       USS Ross (DDG 71)        

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) monitor message traffic in the combat information center during the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum's at Sea Demonstration (ASD-15). Ships from Canada, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States tracked and destroyed target ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles during the demonstration's six live-fire scenarios. Germany provided personnel to the multi-national Combined Task Group staff.

Capt. Jeffrey Wolstenholme, commodore of Task Force Sixty Four (CTF 64) and Cmdr. Michael Merrill, 6th Fleet deputy director for integrated missile defense, monitor Hebrides Range activity in the combat information center during the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum's at Sea Demonstration (ASD-15) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). Ships from Canada, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States tracked and destroyed target ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles during the demonstration's six-live fire scenarios. Germany provided personnel to the multi-national Combined Task Group staff.Capt. Jeffrey Wolstenholme commodore of Task Force Sixty Four (CTF 64), monitors Hebrides Range communication in the combat information center during the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum's at Sea Demonstration (ASD-15) countdown aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). Ships from Canada, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States tracked and destroyed target ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles during the demonstration's six-live fire scenarios. Germany provided personnel to the multi-national Combined Task Group staff.

USS Carr (FFG 52)

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Apprentice Ulises Hernandez hands out command coins from the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) to members of the Norwegian army during a tour of the ship. Carr is homeported in Norfolk, and is on a three-month deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

USS Nassau (LHA-4)

Chief Boatswain's Mate J.R. Des Champs, assigned as Master Craftsman for Landing Craft Unit 1657, guides his craft to the stern gate of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4). Nassau is currently serving as Flagship for Commander, Task Force 952, during Operation Blinding Storm, a multi-nation amphibious exercise conducted off the Atlantic Coast. More than 30,000 members of the military and 60 ships from nine countries - including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Peru, Canada and Norway are participating in the largest joint exercise since 1996

USS WASP (LHD-1)

USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a U.S. Navy multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship. She is the lead ship of her class, is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name, and was the flagship of the Secodn Fleet. She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton inPascagoula Mississppi. USS Wasp and her sister ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) for fast troop movement over the beach, and Harrier II (AV-8B) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) jets which provide close air support for the assault force. The AV-8B Plus used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was last produced in 2003, and USMC expects to operate its Harriers until 2025.

Air-Traffic Controller 2nd Class Karina Reid operates the SPN-43 air search radar system while standing approach control aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is participating in the War of 1812 fleet exercise, a week-long multi-national exercise involving 19 ships from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Brazil, and Portugal, and is designed to incre- ase interoperability with allied nations, improve tactical prowess and certification of participating units.

   U.S. PREPOSITIONING AT         "VAERNES AIR BASE" IN TRONDELAG COUNTY NORWAY

Norway has no defense against Russian vectors, and the eight pre-positioned mountain caves in Trondelag County are easy targets and can be neutralized within minutes. Below, unloading pre-positioning war material near Vaernes Air Base, Mid-Norway.

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US Marines CH-53E Sea Stallion at Vaernes Air Base

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Norwegians and US Marines train together in Cold Response

Admiral John Richardson

Chief of Naval Operations

John Michael Richardson is an admiral in the United States Navy who currently serves as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program from November 2, 2012 to August 14, 2015. While serving as Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion (itself a joint Department of Energy and Department of Navy organization), Richardson was responsible for the command and safe, reliable operation of the United States Navy's nuclear propulsuin program and for all the current United States Naval reactors deployed for usage as well as all facilities needed to ensure safe operations.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Dec. 3, 2016, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson meets with Norway's Minister of Defense Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide at the 2016 Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. Richardson joined other public and private sector leaders to discuss the status of the Navy and Department of Defense.

   SECRETARY OF THE NAVY     RAY MABUS' VISIT TO NORWAY'S PREPOSITIONING CAVES

Secretary Ray Mabus

Trondelag county, Norway during "Operation Cold Respons 2016". In February Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus toured the reserve material storage site, one of eight prepositioning caves in the U.S. Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Norway.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus greets Minister of Defense Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide in Oslo

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, Adm. Michelle J. Howard, right front, Comman- der, Naval Forces Europe Political Advisor, Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins, right center, and Director of Operations U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, Rear Adm. Daryl L. Caudle, right rear, are greeted by Norwegian Cmdr. Svein Christian Anderssen and other Norwegian leaders. U.S. Naval For- ces Europe-Africa, headquartered in Naples, Italy, oversees joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, to enable enduring relationships, and in- crease vigilance and resilience in Europe and Africa.

NORWAY'S CAVE STRATEGY

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus walks with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Weggar Strømmen in Oslo, Norway. Mabus is in Norway to reinforce the relationship between NATO Allies and thank the Norwegians for their continued friendship and support to the U.S

The Frigård cave, one of eight in the program, holds a variety of vehicles including armored amphibious vehicles, high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle variants, medium tactical vehicle replacements and logistics vehicle system replacements, snow-capable tracked vehi- cles, tank recovery vehicles, along with trailers and towed carriages. Secretary of the Navy toured the US Marine Corps Norwegian prepositioning caves.

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Royal Marines Training in Norway

Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus tours a reserve material storage site, part of the U.S. Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway, during a partnership-building visit. The program supports the reinforcement of Norway, crisis response, and U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary operations. Mabus is in the area as part of a multinational trip to European Command areas of responsibility to meet with Sailors, Marines, military and government leaders.

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Arctic training for the Army Air Corps at 659 Squadron in Bardufoss

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US Marines NATO Exercise in The Cold

The eight caves are placed in various locations in the region surrounding Trondheim. Three caves hold ground equipment, three are configured for munitions and two hold aviation support equipment. US Ambassador to Oslo on a vsisit to the Frigård prepositioning cave. 

Mk48 LVS with fuel bladders and a pump system is loaded on the MV Villars, Valsneset, Nor- way, on its way to Estonia, for Baltic Challenge '97

BJUGN CAVE

TRONDHEIM NORWAY IS ONE OF EIGHT DEEP PREPOSITIONING CAVES

Deep cover for heavy duty war material prepositioned in mid Norway inside a mountain in the Trondheim region. Norway's order to the German Rhein-Metall-MAN will give the nor- thern most NATO  member a much  needed logistical boost. Picture below, courtesy of the United States Historic Archives.

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Norwegian Army Leopard 2A4 Winter Exercise

FRIGÅRD CAVE

Offloading of U.S. war material in the region of Trondheim, Norway.

Deep within a Norwegian hillside, thousands of U.S. Marine Corps combat veterans await their next assignment. They are lined up in rigid rows. They are clean, fresh and ready. They are prepared to be deployed worldwide. You can put a key in any of these vehicles and it'll turn on" declared Kevin Finch, a civilian working for the Corps.

ABRAHAMS MOUNTAIN CAVE

Other caves hold armored vehicles, including M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and light arm- ored vehicles. Also stored are earth-moving equipment, generators, bulk fuel and bulk liquid systems, water production system, shelters, tents, netting and tool kits. Aircraft support equ ipment includes tow tractors, cranes, deicing equipment and arresting gear.

THE BALTIC STATES

The number of major exercises conducted by NATO fully encompassing the land, sea and air power of its Allies in the Baltic Sea region should be increased. With Russia conducting “snap” military exercises numbering 30,000-80,000 troops proximate to Baltic borders since the onset of the Ukraine crisis, the previous NATO exercises that have taken place in the region, such as the 6,000 strong Steadfast Jazz in November 2013 now seem rather modest.

NATO

Larger exercises would serve to demonstrate NATO’s credible commitment to deter one of the core aspects in Russia’s application of “hybrid” warfare, namely the use of the presence of large-scale conventional forces close to the border of the target state as coercion.

"ALLIED SHIELD"

BALTOP  NOBLE JUMP  SABER STRIKE  TRIDENT JUST

"WE ARE WATCHING!"

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Moscow was keeping an eye on the Sea Shield drills:

“At present, we are watching and monitoring everything that is happen- ing there. We hope that the exercise will be conducted in the safest poss- ible environment, without any challenges to Russia. In any case, we are ready to take on these challenges,”

he added. On January 31, US and Polish soldiers, alongside newly delivered American mili- tary hardware, also conducted joint drills in what has been described as the biggest US de- ployment in Europe since the end of the Cold War.

Moscow has repeatedly voiced concerns over NATO’s military activity by its border. Russian PresidentVladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this month:

“These actions threaten our interests, our security, especially as it concerns a third party building up its military presence near our borders.” 

In response, Russia stationed its most modern weaponry and armaments in its western regions, including the exclave of Kaliningrad, which shares a border with Poland and Lithu- ania, and is carrying out large-scale military drills on its home soil.

THE BLACK SEA

The United States of America

          BOEING RC-135              Rivet Joint Large Reconnaissance Aircraft

A programme of continual upgrades has kept the USAF RC-135 fleet at the cutting edge of technology and relevant capability. The three RAF aircraft will continue to benefit from the upgrade programme in turn with USAF aircraft. The RC-135 Rivet Joint is equipped with a variety of sensors, allowing its multi- disciplined crew to intercept and exploit emissions ac- ross the electromagnetic spectrum, providing both strategic and tactical level intelligence.

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NUCLEAR SNIFFER

WC-135 "Constant Phoenix"

RADIOACTIVE IODINE-131 OVER FINMARK, NORWAY Meassured: 0.5+/-0.2 beteen 9-16.1. 2017

Particulate Iodine-131 in the Atmosphere

    I-131 Radioactive decay

I-131 decays with a half-life of 8.02 days with beta-minus and Gamma emissions. This nuclide of iodine has 78 neutrons in its nucleus, while the only stable nuclide, ¹²⁷I, has 74. On decay- ing, ¹³¹I most often (89% of the time) expends its 971 keV of decay energy by transforming into the stable ¹³¹Xe (Xenon) in two steps with gamma decay following rapidly after beta decay,

The primary emissions of ¹³¹I decay are thus electrons with a maximal energy of 606  keV (89% abundance, others 248–807 keV) and 364 keV gamma rays (81% abundance, others 723 keV).Beta decay also produces an antineutrino, which carries off variable amounts of the beta decay energy. The electrons, due to their high mean energy (190 keV, with typical beta-decay spectra present) have a tissue penetration of 0.6 to 2 mm.



"Constant Phoenix" flight path February 22nd 2017

   "STANDARD MISSILE-3"       THE WORLD'S FIRST ONLY LAND-SEA BALLISTIC MISSILE KILLER

  Raytheon's missile-assembly facility,the missiles it produces, SM-3IIA and SM-6 near Huntswille, Ala.

The SM-3® interceptor is a defensive weapon used by the U.S. Navy to destroy short-to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. This "hit-to-kill" interceptor uses a "kill vehicle" to collide with targets in space, a capability that's been likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet.The massive collision of the kill vehicle hitting its target obliterates the threat completely; explosives are not necessary. The resulting impact is the equivalent of a 10-ton truck traveling at 600 mph.

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency Test-Fired its New, Larger SM-3IIA Interceptor Missile in Space 

THE "SR19" ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE

Two of the three types of anti-ballistic American missiles of SM-3 Block 1b are THAAD and SR19, which are based on the same engine with solid fuel derived from one of the two engines of the second stage, missile intercontinental MX Peacekeeper, decommissioned, and Minuteman II. Engine produced by Aerojet General The thrust is 27,226 kg. The SR19 is heavier, has slower speed and takes on more fuel than the THAAD. 

The SR19 rocket has a mass of 15t, and are stationed at Fort Greely AFB, Alaska, at Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Site, Vandenberg AFB California, and on the island of Hawaii. It is designed to hit ballistic missiles in cruise flight between 150 km and 500 km altitude.

"THAAD"

THAAD arives at Osan Air Base, South Korea: China ready to neutralise THAAD, retired PLA general says.

The THAAD, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, missiles weigh 900 kg, and it also forms a ground-based shield against ballistic missiles, which is in the terminal phase of the flight and immediately before re-entering the atmosphere or during reentry, between altitude 80 km and 150 km.

The THAAD is a United States Army anti-ballistic missile system which is designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missile in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach.THAAD was developed to counter Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. The missile carries no warhead, but relies on the kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile. A kinetic energy hit minimizes the risk of exploding con- ventional warhead ballistic missiles, and nuclear tippet ballistic missiles will not detonate upon a kinetic energy hit.

          "TOMAHAWK"               WINGED CRUISE MISSILE

The Tomahawk missile family consists of a number of subsonic, jet engine-powered missiles designed to attack a variety of surface targets. Although a number of launch platforms have been deployed or envisaged, only sea (both surface ship and submarine) launched variants are currently in service.

A Royal Navy Tomahawk cruice misile in flight.

The Tomahawk has a modular design, allowing a wide variety of warhead, guidance, and range capabilities. The Tomahawk project was originally awarded to Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland by the US Navy. James H. Walker (ME Kansas State 1942) led a team of scientists to design and build this new long range missile. The original design with advanced technology is still used today.

"AGM-88E HARM"

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The AGM-88E HARM can detect, attack and destroy a radar antenna or transmitter with minimal aircrew input. The proportional guidance system that hones in on enemy radar emissions has a fixed antenna and seeker head in the missile's nose. A smokeless, solid-propellant, buster-sustainer rocket motor propels the missile at speeds over Mach 2.

"AEGIS" AT DEVESELU, ROMANIA

   The third antiballistic interceptor, SM-3 Block 1b, is based on US AEGIS ships at Deveselu in Romania, is aimed at striking ballistic missiles in flight cruising at heights between 100 and 300 km. SM-3 Block 1b weighs 1.5t has three solid rocket stages, the first being Aerojet MK 72, which constitutes the third stage of US intercontinental ballistic missile Minuteman-II and develops only 15,600 kg. Besides the three types of ballistic missiles, anti-aircraft long-range Patriot missiles can hit ballistic descent path below the altitude of 35,000 m.

Opening of the AEGIS Missile Shield Station in Deveselu Romania. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg #2 from the right. Below left, NATO's B61-12 Thermonuclear Gravity Bomb, right, NATO's AEGIS Missile Shield Station in Deveselu, Romania. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER WITH MARK 41 VERTICAL LAUNCHING SYSTEM

The Mark 41 Vertical Launching System, Mk 41 VLS, is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides rapid-fire-launch capability against hostile threats. The Vertical Launch System concept, VLS, was derived from work on the AEGIS Combat System.

"LAJES" AIR FIELD

THE AZORES

   The Air Force Nuclear     Weapons Center

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), established on March 31, 2006, is the nuclear-focused center within Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) synchronizing all aspects of nuclear materiel management on behalf of the AFMC commander in direct support of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

KIRTLAND AFB

 Headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, the center has about 1,900 personnel assigned at 17 locations worldwide and consists of four major execution directorates: Air Delivered Capabilities; Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems; Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Integration; and Nuclear Technology and Interagency. It also has several functional directorates and its commander is dual-hatted as the Air Force Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Strategic SystemsAFNWC Mission
Deliver nuclear capabilities Warfighters use every day to deter and assure.

AFNWC Vision
Ensuring our Nation's most powerful weapon systems are never doubted, always feared.

Motto:
"Never Doubted, Always Feared"

AFNWC Strategic Goals
- Resource, develop, and care for a diverse, mission-driven workforce
- Acquire and sustain effective nuclear weapon systems in a timely and cost effective manner
- Provide agile and effective Nuclear Materiel Management in support of AFGSC, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and other stakeholders

Major Organizations

Air Delivered Capabilities Directorate

This directorate is principally located at Kirtland AFB, with operating locations at Eglin AFB, Florida; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Ramstein AFB, Germany; Robins AFB, Georgia; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The directorate is comprised of about 38 active-duty military and 183 federal civilians. It also has positions for deputy program managers and product support managers for nuclear matters embedded in program offices for the B-2/B-21, B-52, F-15, F-16, F-35, and authorized test systems and support equipment. The directorate is responsible for delivering, sustaining and supporting air-delivered nuclear weapon systems for our warfighters to secure the future of our nation and our allies every day. Programs managed by the directorate include: B61-12 Life Extension Program, Long Range Stand-Off Weapon, W80-4 Life Extension Program, overseas Weapon Storage and Security System, Secure Transportable Maintenance System, Protective Aircraft Shelter Interior Intrusion Detection System, and Air-Launched Cruise Missile (AGM-86B/C/D) sustainment.

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate

 This directorate is principally located at Hill AFB, Utah, with operating locations at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; Malmstrom AFB, Montana; Minot AFB, North Dakota; and Vandenberg AFB, California. It is comprised of about 70 active-duty military and 400 federal civilians. The directorate is responsible for inception-to-retirement, integrated weapons system management of the Minuteman III (LGM-30) and Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. The directorate develops, acquires and supports silo-based ICBMs and provides program direc- tion and logistics support as the single face to the customer. The directorate is also responsible for acquisition, systems engineering and depot repair.  It manages equipment spares, provides storage and transportation, and accomplishes modifications and equipment replacement to sustain silo-based ICBM systems.

Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Integration Directorate

This directorate, which achieved initial operational capability in December 2016, is principally located at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, and Kirtland AFB. It will eventually include personnel at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; Fort Meade, Maryland; Los Angeles AFB, California; Hill AFB; Robins AFB; Tinker AFB; and Wright-Patterson AFB. Once fully manned, the directorate will be comprised of about six active-duty military and 57 federal civilians. It is responsible for integrating the NC3 Weapon System (AN/USQ.225) across the Air Force. The directorate advises AFGSC on the NC3 Weapon System's technical architecture and informs key decisions regarding investment and modernization. The directorate is also responsible for the weapon system’s configuration management, system test, system verification, and system certification. In addition, its director is dual-hatted as the Air Force PEO for NC3.

Nuclear Technology and Interagency Directorate

This directorate is located at Kirtland AFB and is comprised of about 25 active-duty military and 90 federal civilians. The directorate is responsible for providing intelligence support to AFNWC, analyzing the full spectrum of weapons effects to support acquisition programs and inform tactics and procedures, and assessing current and future nuclear systems to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities. The directorate is also responsible for managing the Air Force's Nuclear Certification Program and leading the capability development initiatives for all pre-Milestone A/B activities within the center.

              NATO NUCLEAR                     and Conventional Air Bases

SPANGDAHLEM C

NATO

THE UNITED KINDOM

HQ Ministry of Defense

RAF BASES - U.S. SUPPORT BASES

RAF MILDENHALL C (N)

RAF MILDENHALL hosts units from four different major USAF Commands - The Air Combat Command, the Air Force Special Operations Command, the Mobility Command and the United States Air Forces in Europe, USAFE, as well as units of the United States Navy. 

RAF MIldenhall is the home of 352d Special Operations Wing (AFSOC) 95th Reconnaissance Squadron (ACC) part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 488th Intelligence Squadron (ACC) part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group Intelligence Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 727th Air Mobility Squadron (AMC) part of 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Fleet Industrial Supply Center Mildenhall (COMUSNAVEUR) RAF Mildenhall, together with its sister base RAF Lakenheath, have the largest United States Air Force presence in the United Kingdom.

KC-10 tanker from Mildenhall with F-16 Fighting Falcons from Spangdahlem

The 352d Special Operations Wing (352 SOW) is the Air Force component for Special Opera- tions Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the US European Command. It transferred to RAF Mildenhall on 17 February 1995, from RAF Alconbury. The 352 SOW has two flying squadrons, a maintenance squadron, an operations support squadron and a special tactics squadron.

The mission of the 352 SOW is to serve as the focal point for all US Air Force special operations activities throughout the European theatre, including Africa and the Middle East. The 352 SOW is tasked to conduct a variety of high priority, low-visibility missions supporting US and allied special operations forces throughout the European theatre during peacetime, joint ope- rations exercises and combat operations.

The 352d SOW develops and implements peacetime and wartime contingency plans. It eff- ectively uses fixed-wing and personnel assets in infiltration by, exfiltration by and resupplying of US and allied special operations forces.

SR-71 Reconnaissance Operations RAF Mildenhall from April 1976 to 1990

The RC-135W nuclear sniffer at RAF Mildenhall

Aircraft Boeing WC-135W 'Constant Phoenix' Serial - 61-2667 Operator the United States Air Force, Date and Location - 17/03 2016  RAF Mildenhall

RAF LAKENHEATH  NUCLEAR AIR BASE

Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath (IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL) is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west of Thetford. Although an RAF station, it hosts Unit- ed States Air Force units and personnel. The host wing is the 48th Fighter Wing (48 FW), also known as the Liberty Wing, assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe and the Air Forces Africa.

The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath is the Statue of Liberty Wing, the only USAF wing with both a number and a name. Since activation at Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France, on 10 July 1952, Liberty Wing has been one of the premier fighter wings of the United Stat- es Air Forces in Europe, spending over 50 years as part of USAFE. The 48 FW has nearly 5,700 active-duty military members, 2,000 British and U.S. civilians, and includes a Geo- graphically Separate Unit (GSU) at nearby RAF Feltwell.

Cruice missiles on a B-52 pod at RAF N Lakenheath

VOLKEL N AIR BASE

KLEINE BROGEL N AIR BASE

 BUCHEL N AIR BASE 

Buchel Air Base mounting a B61-12  thermonuclear gravity bomb

 NØRVENICH  N AIR BASE

Nørvenich hardened air-craft shelters camuflaged with greenery

RAMSTEIN DRONE RELEYSRAMSTEIN N AIR BASE

AVIANO N AIR BASE

AVIANO AFB, WAITING TO BE AIRLIFTED OUT GHEDI TORRE N AIR BASE

Ghedi Torre AFB, US personnel B-61 training

Ghedi Torre AFB, Italian and US personnel training together

INCIRLIC N AIR BASE

ROCKET COMPARISON

"9K720 ISKANDER"

The first Russian weapon designed to penetrate US ballistic shields is the ground-to-ground missile system Iskander, which has a range of 500 km, a cruise ceiling of 50,000m, and a speed of 7600-9300 km/h.

 "TU-22M3"

 GASPROM

Stuttgart, Germany

Standard Missile-3Ramstein AFB GermanyBitburg AFB Germany

Spangdahlem AFB GermanyTornado of the German Air Force

Aviano AFB, Italy

 Aviano AFB, Italy

 F-35 Joint Strike FighterB2TornadoKirtland AFB, USANellis AFB, USAMinot AFB, USAVandenberg AFB, USA



Nellis AFB, USAMinot AFB, USAVandenberg AFB, USA

Stuttgart, Germany