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The Defense Department on December 6 said the system will also protect the United States against future threats such as hypersonic weapons. The Defense Department said in 2015 that it was planning to deploy a new long-range radar in central Alaska that would help U.S. missile defenses better identify potential missiles launched by Iran or North Korea and bolster the capacity of interceptors in that state and in California.
originally posted by: PassiveSeeker
a reply to: 38181
Had to look that up. Wasn’t sure what TFR was. That’s really interesting. So they restricted air travel for a rocket launch.
Thanks for the information.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: PassiveSeeker
It looks like the second stage igniting after separation. You see something similar with Falcon launches at night. It’s usually bigger with them, but it looks similar.
It was a pair of sounding rockets out of Poker Flats near Fairbanks. Their launch window opened March 23, but the NOTAM from the FAA for space operations from there covered April 2-7. They were launched for Clemson University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and NASA to study energy transfer during an Aurora.
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originally posted by: PassiveSeeker
a reply to: Gothmog
Except for the actual rocket launch that happened, which Zaphod pointed out. Why fake pictures of something that happened?
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The pictures don’t look all that real to me either though.