Missile Defence, the live version

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

Hey Gadi, you gonna take this one for a test drive? ;-)

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From:  http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/12/news/companies/northrop.reut/index.htm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Northrop Grumman forecast Wednesday a
potential "very large" market for a laser-based system it has
developed to shield airports and other installations from rockets,
ballistic missiles and other threats.

Los Angeles-based Northrop (Charts) said it had already pitched the
system, called Skyguard, to Israel, which worked with the company and
the Army to develop the technology.

Northrop also is pushing Skyguard - described as capable of generating
a shield five kilometers in radius - to each of the armed services and
the Department of Homeland Security, company executives told a news
briefing.

Setting up a protective "bubble" around a typical airport might cost
$25 million to $30 million once enough systems were installed, said
Mike McVey, vice president of directed energy systems at Northrop's
Space Technology business unit.

"If it goes that path, it's a very large market," he said, citing
potential demand from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and what he called
virtually any country facing a threat from a neighbor.

For the United States, an initial unit could be ready in 18 months for
$150 million to $200 million, added Dan Wildt, Northrop's director of
business development for directed energy systems.

Northrop described Skyguard as capable of destroying rockets, mortars,
artillery shells, unmanned aerial vehicles, short-range ballistic
missiles, as well as cruise missiles. Against shoulder-fired missiles,
which are relatively easy to heat with a laser and destroy, the
protective shield would extend to a 20-kilometer radius, Wildt said.

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-JP<who hopes they pentest this system thouroughly>
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