As far as I can tell, only the Japanese, S.Korea, Danish, Canadian, and Hellenic navy are using the Ml-48 VLS, while USN uses the Mk-41.
In a move to standardize all of Israel's naval missiles into one easily serviceable platform capable of launching current Israeli, American or European missiles and any future missiles in development, future-proofing the Israeli Navy.
| Stats | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Type | Cold Launched VLS |
| Cells per System | 4 |
| Cannister Width | 0.71m |
| Max Cannister Length | (A variant) 5.3m/ (B variant) 6.8m/ (C variant)7.5m |
| Compatible Missiles | Barak 10 SAM (A, B and C) |
| --- | Quad-Packed Barak 1 SAM (A, B and C) |
| --- | Quad-Packed Deliah-SL Cruise Loitering Missile (A, B and C) |
| --- | Quad-Packed C-Dome SAM Interceptor (A, B and C) |
| --- | Gabriel/HinJud V AShM (A, B and C) |
| --- | Gideon-ML/MS/MR Hypersonic Missile (B and C) |
| --- | SM-6 (B and C) |
| --- | Arrow 3 ABM (C) |
| --- | Aster Family Missiles (B and C) |
The Gurion Vertical Launch System will be in service by 2034, when it will be retrofit into the Sa'ar 5-class (Gurion-A 32 cells); Sa'ar 6-class (Gurion-B 64 cells); Ashkelon-class (Gurion-C 96 cells).
Congress created a Permanent UAP Research Office and have updated the definition of what they consider to be a UAP.
>At the same time, the amendment significantly broadens the definition of UFOs to include “transmedium” craft, which the legislation defines as “objects or devices that are observed to transition between space and the atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of water.”
Senator Gillibrand tweeted this week:
>If we want to defend our airspace and maintain our strategic edge, we need to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and determine if they belong to a foreign entity or something else altogether. It's a national security issue — and we can't bury our heads in the sand.
Bill Nelson this week:
>Another subject that has gone increasingly mainstream in Washington is unidentified flying objects. In June a report found that although intelligence officials do not believe aliens are responsible for dozens of accounts of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), they cannot fully explain what is.
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>Nelson comments: “You’ve seen those films now made public. They [navy pilots] know they saw something. What is it? I don’t know. Is it an adversary on Earth that has that kind of technology? I hope not.
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>“Do I think that there is life in the universe? The answer to that is clearly I do and we are searching for it. How can I limit a universe that is so big that I cannot see how big it is, where we are in a galaxy with billions if not trillions of stars and there are additional billions if not trillions of galaxies, and the universe is expanding?”
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>He adds with a chuckle: “Like people that tried to limit Copernicus and Galileo that the Earth didn’t revolve about the sun, that everything revolved around the Earth. So, you get the drift.”
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>What first contact with an alien civilisation would mean for humanity has long been the stuff of science fiction. But politicians ta
