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RALEIGH, N.C. - Junior Emily Weiman from the NC State softball team has been named the College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week, announced by the website on Tuesday.
The Wolfpack pitcher helped lead the squad to a 4-0 record last week, earning the win in the circle in all four contests. On Tuesday against St. Bonaventure, the native of Pasadena, Md., threw her second career no-hitter by blanking the Bonnies in five innings pitched.
The game was shortened to just five innings due to the mercy rule, but Weiman still finished the contest with seven strikeouts and only allowed two walks. In the first game of the doubleheader versus Virginia on Saturday, she tossed her fourth consecutive shutout in a 3-0 win for the Pack.
Weiman carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of the second game of the doubleheader, before a bloop single fell in for the first hit of the game for the Cavaliers. She had four strikeouts in that contest and tacked on an additional four strikeouts on Sunday, while allowing one earned run.
She finished the weekend with 24 innings pitched, struck out 19 batters, allowed 12 hits and three earned runs, while collecting four wins to improve her record on the season to 8-5.
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Reality TV, says one character in Greg Pritikin's "Surviving Eden," makes you stupid and ill. The movie tries hard to prove it. Partly deploying the mockumentary style of a Christopher Guest comedy, it recounts the ludicrous misfortunes of convenience store employee Dennis Flotchky (Michael Panes), an obese loser who is entered on a reality TV show called "Surviving Eden" as a joke by his roommate. Naturally he wins. And naturally he finds, to his chagrin, that having a lot of money, shedding about 150 pounds and living the high life in L.A. can create more problems than they solve.
Ex-Chicagoan Pritikin has some good ideas and some funny scenes here, and he has a good cast to carry them out--including Panes, a dead ringer for the young Peter Sellers when in his thin phase. "SNL's" Cheri Oteri and Savannah Haske are good as fellow contestants Marie (a bad girl) and Sister Agnes (a good one). Jane Lynch (of Steppenwolf and Second City) and Sam Robards as coked-up or slimy brains behind "Eden," capture the brazen con you may need to put together a show like this.
Best of all is Peter Dinklage, who plays Dennis' roommate Sterno, the guy who gets him into the show. Dinklage's presence and wit would let him steal all of his scenes, even without his 4-foot-5-inch stature; he comes across at times like a pint-size mix of Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Nicholson. This week's "Lassie" and "Find Me Guilty," though, are the two Dinklage movies and performances you'll remember from 2006. This is the one, mercifully, that you may forget (though he's more than good in all of them).
Panes is such a dead ringer for the young Peter Sellers that at times "Eden" seems like some bizarre clone of a Sellers movie--but one derived from mediocre stuff like "The Bobo" rather than classics like "The Pink Panther" and "Dr. Strangelove." There's nothing classic about "Surviving Eden," even if it is better than reality TV.
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In AutoCAD 2011: Tips, Tricks, and Industry Secrets, Jeff Bartels shows AutoCAD users how to become more efficient power users, reducing the amount of time it takes to accomplish a task, increasing profit margins, and strengthening marketplace competitiveness. The course covers everything from shortcuts used in geometry creation, to program customization, to real world solutions to common problems. Interface customization, block and reference management skills, and express tool usage are also covered. Exercise files are included with the course.
Using tool palettes is a great way to organize your block libraries. However, it can sometimes be a little time consuming dragging each and every block from a drawing onto a palette. In this lesson, we're going to look at a way to create a block library in two clicks. As you can see I've just launched my AutoCAD and I'm sitting in the default Drawing1 file. I'm going to open up the Design Center. Now mine happens to be anchored to the left side of the screen if your Design Center is not visible you can always press Ctrl+2 to turn it on.
Over here on the left side, I am going to navigate to the exercise files folder on my system. I'll click the Plus to open the folder. I'll click Plus to open up chapter_05 and let's take a look at this drawing called arch-furniture. I'm going to click the Plus to navigate into this drawing. Now this drawing contains several blocks that represent interior furnishings. You can see the icons for them right over here. I would like to create a block library using the blocks in this drawing.
To do that, I'll make sure that the drawing file name is selected. I will then right-click and choose Create Tool Palette. And that's it. AutoCAD creates the tool palette for me. As you can see the blocks are all named and I have a nice thumbnail image of each symbol. I can now insert these blocks into any drawing by simply dragging them out of the palette. Let's drag out an executive desk and I'll release to place this. Now this is a little big. I'm going to double-click my scroll wheel to do zoom extends and I'll back up a little further.
Let's drag in a guest chair. I'll drag over a computer and I'll add a file cabin. I'm sure you'll agree that creating a tool palette doesn't have to be a tedious project. If you have some drawings that contain blocks that you'd like to share, navigate to those drawings in the design center and build yourself some two-click block libraries.
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Feb; 9 1926.
EXERC I SER Filed July 25 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.
BYRON/e. FRY; or GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.
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Appiieation'ied July 23,1923. Ysemi No. 653,149.
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of Glendale, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exercisers, of which the following is a specification. y
My invention relates to that type of eXercising apparatus adapted for use in developing and strengthening the human muscles, and it has among its salient objects to provide a simple, compact and efficient device of the character referred to which can be easily carried from place to place and quickly attached to any suitable support ready for use to provide a device which can be quickly and easily adjusted for increasing the pull necessary to operate it, thereby making it possible to regulate the device for use by young or old, men or women, weak or strong; to provide a device which eliminates the use of weights or springs and yet capable of providing any degree of resistance to the muscles being used to operate the device;
In order to fully explain my invention, I have shown one embodiment thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings which I will now describe.
Figure 1 shows an edge view of the device supported upon a hook ready for use:
Figure 2 is a side view thereof with the ends of the cables cut away; and
Figure 3 is a sectional view through thel device shown in the. other views.
Referring now more in detail to the device here shown for illustrative purposes, 1, designates a rotatable element, here shown to be in the form of a duplex pulley having two cable channels, 2, 3, with a hole, 1 1-, through the middle partition member 5, as shown in Fig. 3, to receive a cable, (5. The
cable is inserted through this hole L1, withv its middle portion resting therein and its ends wound around the rotatable yelement 1 in different directions, one end being wound in one of the channels 2, or 3, and the other end wound in the other, as illustrated. The ends of the cables are provided with hand pieces, or gripping means, as 7, shown in the drawings to be spiral in form, similar to a rope, although these can be of any desired form or size. The rotatable element is mounted between two side members, 8 and 9, on a pin or bolt, 1G. At opposite sides of said side members, .ou .se-.id bolt, are two flexible washer like members, 11, 11, which Be it known that I, Briton RY, a crti- VZen of the United States, residing in the city may. be of rubber, fiber or any suitable material, with metal washers, 12, 12, over their outer faces, on said bolt 10, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. On the opposite sides of the rotatable member 1, next to the side members, 8 and 9, I have placed a disc of cork, or the like, 13, Fig. 3. On the threaded end of the bolt 10, I have shown a small wisher, 14, and a regulatingbar or member, 15, for regulating-the compression of the members on said bolt 10, to increase or diminish the friction on the rotatable element 1.
'At one end of the side members, 8 and 9, is a supporting member 16, adapted to be placed over any suitable hook or support,
as 17, mounted on a wall or other suitable Y support. At Vthe other end of said side members, 8 and 9, is a bolt, 18, with a roller sleeve 19, thereon between the side members n u n 7 to serve as antrfriction means for the cables orflexible members., 6, 6. The bolt 18 is shown to be threaded to the side member 8, and to be provided with a nut 20, to firmly hold said plates 01 side members together and prevent `relative movement between them.
The use ofthe device will be readily under stood from the drawings, but may be briefly described as follows:
It will be understood that it can be supported over head, or on a wall or other support at any desired height. `The hand pieces 7 are taken, one in each hand and alternately pulled andmetracted, turning the rotatable element 1, first in one direction and then in the other, said element taking up and letting out the cable as it is turned. By turning the regulating member 15, any desired friction can be placed on said rotatable4 element desired, thus regulating the amount of force necessary to pull said cables and turn said element. Various uses can be made of said device for developing and strengthening the muscles of the body, and while I have shown and described one practical embodiment of the invention, I do not limit it to the showing made, except as I may be limited by the hereto claims.
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1. In a device of the character referred to, in combination, two side members, a rotatable element mounted therebetween, a cable wound aromid said element with its appended i ends extended and provided with gripping means,`friction elementsv betweensaid side members and said rotatable element and means for tightening and releasing the saine, whereby to regulate-'the' friction on said rotatable element.
2. An exerciser comprising in combination a duplex pulley-like member having tWo cable channels, a cable Wound around said member with its opposite ends extended therefrom and provided with gripping means, side plates forfsupporting said member, yielding friction means for creating friction on said member toreg'ulate the ease with which it can be turned, means ior regulating said friction, and means for supportingsaid eXerciser whereby said gripping means on saidcable ends can be alternately pulled and released, substantially as described.
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Dinner tonight in Pasadena---about $20/person
Any thoughts?
Italian? Salads?
Green Street is always there, but looking for something a little different.
You can check out Xiomara's/Cafe Atlantic - it's a Euro-Cuban fusion place (the latter restaurant is more casual and likely to fit your budget). The mojitos made with fresh-squeezed cane juice is a must-try, though! And the food I had there before were pretty yummy.
www.xiomarasrestaurant.com - Cafe Atlantic's site is on there too
Of course, I instantly thought of Green Street. For Italian, I'd try Manny's on Fair Oaks. Pretty good white pies and others.
Perhaps Thaitalian in Old Pasadena (49 Colorado Blvd.) www.thaitalian.com. ?
Nothing special on the decor, but we had good soup (coconut shrimp) and green curry pasta. Viewed lettuce cup appetizers that other diners were having which looked like something to try next time. Quiet on a Weds. night...meets your $20 window, tho' glass of wine might put you over.
I would also recommend Cafe Atlantic, which is located behind Xiomara, You can either share a bunch of small plates or order an entree. It's not stunningly great but it's good Cuban food for a reasonable price.
I also think Cafe Bizou is a good deal - pretty basic meat/fish/chicken dishes, and I believe they have a $2 corkage fee. Also under $20 per person.
For Italian, I'd go to Briganti. You can get fantastic pasta dish for well under $20.
It just occured to me that, because it's Monday, these places may be closed. Might want to double-check before going...
Tibet Nepal House in Pasadena is a great place for a dining experience. I just hope the people that you are with are in for a spiritual dining experience. There's a big buddha in the back of the restaurant. You will find the decor of Tibetian prayer scrolls hanging from the ceiling and photos of the Dalai Lama hanging on the walls. The food is Tibetian/Nepalse, which is like Indian food, but it's a bit more earthy. I like the chicken dish when I was there. It's like Tandoori chicken but not as pungent. The rice pudding is quite good and not too sweet. They have a great buffet, but I'm not sure if it will be available for dinner.


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As the investigation into the disappearance of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner continues in Aruba, her boyfriend calls the hiring of Casey Anthony 's lead attorney Jose Baez to help murder suspect Gary Giordano, "a publicity stunt."
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"It's a publicity stunt to bring more attention to Baez. This guy doesn't even have a license to practise in Aruba," explained Forester, who is not a lawyer but said he has an understanding of the legal system because his father was a litigating trial lawyer for 48 years in Washington D.C.
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Rather than being angry though about the hiring of the high profile attorney, Forester, who had been dating 35-year-old Gardner for two years before her disappearance on August 2, considers it to be ridiculous.
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As radio detection and rangingOnline.com previously reported, Baez gained instant notoriety during the Casey Anthony trial, which ended in July with a shocking not guilty verdict.
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Originally posted by Iselin
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Originally posted by Deivos
Well said Deivos. The class system isn't one of the themepark elements I stated above, but the progression of skills. I love the systems they have in TES as it allows a freedom of choice and build throughout. I only wish they had a skill progression system which gets better the more you use a skill, a trademark sandbox element. TESO will have this, but it will have a bit more rigid class system than any of the single player games so it's basically a wash for me.
I understand what you're saying about mods, I've always been a huge fan of mods myself but at it's core design, aside from community input, the games have always been themepark-ish. That was the main point I was trying to make in my first post. Now, it was stated that TESO will allow modding so I'm curious if that's only slight mods like UI modifications or something larger for groups outside of PvP.
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Originally posted by Sovrath
Does not matter when you make the decision. It still a decision that impacts your game. My Dark elf in EQ1 from creation was hated by most of the game. Changed how I did everything. My point stands, there are less and less real RPGers and less and less real RPG games where choice matters. We get a glimmer of that and we cry till its watered down more and more to please the masses. Epic games are becoming something we see less and less and gamers are part of that problem.
=-D Only on a forum can optimism be called the bad thing and pessimism is the good thing =-D
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Aren't racially locked factions pretty much necessitated by the lore? And why all the bitching about this now? Where were you guys when we couldn't roll imperial?
Personally, I wouldn't mind if races could switch faction by grinding out reputation a LA eq 1, but being KoS is something I've missed in modern MMOs.
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Originally posted by Nanfoodle
We get a glimmer of that and we cry till its watered down more and more to please the masses. Epic games are becoming something we see less and less and gamers are part of that problem.
Funny, who desides what is or is not epic?
I sure didnt hear DaoC fans call SWG Epic, nor SWG fans call DaoC epic and how many of them called games before them epic...so it all comes down to people saying their game was epic and not the other.
So it basically comes down to DaoC fans Vs TES fans and last time I checked the offical TES forums and even TES modding forums...there are far more of them than DaoC fans. So who is right and who is wrong? Just looking at the MMO Genre alone, the DaoC closed faction land model is in the wrong. Heck, not even Mark Jacobs wants to make CU so not even DaoC fans are united.
So...there is no "we get a glimmer" its "you get a glimmer".
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Just when you thought the horse was finally dead enough... someone had to start beating it again.
It's obvious the people that hate the game design are going to hate the game. The people that are okay with the design are going to be okay with it.
Do we really need any more articles about this subject?
I really wish that both sides could get exactly what they want, but this is reality and it's just simply not goting to happen. You can't please everyone.
Is Zenimax making a mistake with the crowd it chose to try to please? Maybe... We will just have to wait and see. If it fails, all the TES fanatics can come here and cry from the mountain tops... "I TOLD YOU SO ! " If it's a success, well, the fanatics will still complain. I know I would if I were that invested in something. But when it comes down to it... It's just a damn game.
I am a bit annoyed that they have softened their stance on faction locks. I think it adds flavour to the various factions and makes the game more interesting. Having complete freedom like in EQ2 just makes race choice feel like an appearance skin, rather than an important aspect of your character.
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Originally posted by JasonJ
I was talking about RPS in generial not DAoC vs TES. Reread the conversation you cut out. I was calling TES Morrowind and back the epic games. RPGs like that when decision mattered.
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Originally posted by Sovrath
People like to talk as if we've played through this game already, that goes for both sides in this debate. For all we know each faction could play completely different in terms of PVE content; motivations, ideologies, etc.. could be completely different per side. That creates choices based on faction from an RP standpoint, and from the very start of the game. This may not be the case and it could be mirrored content up and down per side. That's the thing about the unknown, it's unkown. Yet we speak about this stuff as if it all happened in the past and we're discussing the end result..
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This statement by Mike B. is exactly why I have been advocating for the inclusion of an RvR type Faction lock for a long time now.
I understand alot of fans are upset about this but in the grand scheme of things when the game is finished the vast majority of the gameplay is gonna feel like a TES game but then you also add in RvR (or as ZOS calls it AvA) and you got yourself one helluva great potential in a game. As I said in another sub-forum about a particular game, not having PvE is IMO a sin for an MMO because PvE is the Yang to PvP's Ying. A good MMO has PvE and PvP and in ESO's defense it appears its going to have the best of both worlds. I.e. Arguably the best PvE from TES style RPG's with the Best PvP from DAoC's RvR style.
I just dont see nothing wrong with that especially with how much emphasis Zenimax Online Studios is putting in making the PvE portion as close to and Elder Scrolls Experience as possible.
I have high hopes for this game for both of thsoe reasons, and although I am not without apprehension but the point remains having great PvE and great PvP with plenty of systems to foster replayability and long term retention is what IMO makes a great MMO.
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Originally posted by jtcgs
Narrow mindedness is arguably a greater gaming sin then hype my friend.
I might also add that no one went the DAoC route because of 2 reasons:
Both of those had huge ramifications on why no other studio tried to redo the DAoC RvR model but I can assure you if someone would of then they could of been just as successful as WoW or damn near it.
As for your last point, I find it funny that there are so many articles being written by TES fans who are enamored with the potential of ESO. In fact there is this particular podcast which is in the top 10 (last time I looked) of iTunes called Elder Scrolls Off The Record and the majority of those guys are avid haters of past MMO's and their community is constantly getting more and more excited about ESO's potential. Many of which have never played an MMO. So your last statement is extreme hyperbole. Wishful thinking doesn't make something true!
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Originally posted by Nanfoodle
Lets not forget that GW2's WvW does 3 things wrong on top of this:
All of those plays into a sense of why even do it? DAoC's Frontiers and ESO's Cryodill are freaking huge, as big or bigger then the average size of the PvE areas each faction get. This allows PvE to also be included in the zones and gives greater purpose for the zergs to break off into smaller groups to cover more territory. Of course DAoC had its zergs and without fail so will ESO but the point stands, it will be more tactically sound for small groups to split off and do their own things....on top of having the PvE'ers out trying to do PvE content like clearing dungeons or farming for rare resources for their crafting. None of those things are possible in GW2 due to its miniscule size of the WvW maps.
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Originally posted by Trudge34
You can still do all those things.....please read my post up above. They are basically making Skyrim online where exploration is still in and is rewarding. Theres no need to follow a linear storyline if you dont want to. Lets also not forget that MW. Obl and Sky all had linear quests (storylines) as well. Many chose not to follow, many did....that same freedom exists in ESO.
Just because the added another layer on top of an Elder Scrolls game doesnt make it any less an Elder Scrolls game. I jsut wish people could understand this one little concept. Nothing is being taking away but stuff is being added. Choose to play it or not I could care less but to say the things you said in your post are extremely narrow and boardering on ignorance due to a lack of information thats readily available.
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Originally posted by Nanfoodle
Me being one of them, as well as my entire guild who will be moving to ESO from GW2 when it launches. Also I believe Team Legacy recently announced they are going to ESO. Not having PvE is a poor game decision and I know plenty of people who wont even touch it for that reason.
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Thinking of all the people I know who are interested in the Elder Scrolls games and ESO, none of them are interested in RvR PvP. I am probably the only one of the 7 who will dip my toe in there, and that only because I like to take a look at all parts of a game. So every decision made to support RvR is of no import to them. If it gets in their way, there is no corresponding bonus.
Bethesda is going to have to figure out a happy medium between having RvR there to keep top enders and content locusts busy, and losing sales to those who don't care about it at all.
The racial faction lock is just a developer conveniance, in my opinion. I don't think they grasped the dynamics of their fan base. I personally think they are getting an earful of feedback now though.
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First of all: It is hilarious to see the "If you criticize ESO you must HATE the game" crowd. That makes so much sense. I mean, we give input on where we feel the game misses the opportunity of being a big hit with TES fans and how we think they could improve it, but naturally that means we hate the game, right? :D
Second: This article ... while I respect Mike's stance on this, I have a totally different one. Especially when it comes to the "Grand Scheme". For me that is how the world will feel to me after I decide to step into it and spend a lot of time there. I am glad that people who played this at PAX are saying that the zones are made in a way that feels like ES. Awesome.
It is certainly important and factors into the enjoyment for me, but for me all this pales in comparison to some of the major issues I have with their game design choices. Funny that, btw. They made a lot of choices that took away the very same from us.
I can't get over the fact that by choosing my favorite race the game automatically assigns me to a faction that I may or may not like. It also assigns allies to me that I have to like no matter what. It also assigns one third of Tamriel to me as my playground, closing off the rest until 50, and even then its just an empty instance with only my own faction in it.
I also lose the common tongue right at the start where I chose my race, because suddenly I will not be able to speak with and understand six of the other races of Tamriel.
So much forcing, and all tied to the race selection. I am sorry, but no matter how much they try to tailor the lore to somehow explain that, it will never be Elder Scrolls for me.
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Originally posted by Anakami
No one is criticizing anyone for "hating" the game, we are criticising those for not seeing the bigger picture. Everything about the game is Elder Scrolls and there are countless youtube videos and forum threads from those who witnessed its glory at Pax or at the Press event last month. To discount what thsoe who said was ESO is truely an Elder scrolls game and continue to either disbelive it or continue to make wild and false assumptions and those who have an obvious agenda are the ones I criticize!
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Originally posted by azzamasin
I think we have to differentiate here a bit. When people say they liked the game and felt it was like ES, then it would indeed be silly to discredit or disbelieve that. Because it was their impression and opinion, and you can hardly tell someone his opinion is wrong. The same goes for those who still feel it isn't really Elder Scrolls.
They have explained in much detail why they think the game hasn't that special ES feeling to it, and that is also something you cannot dispute because it is their impression and opinion. What a true ES game is, has been and always will be, a very subjective and personal thing.
Those praising the game are as right as are those who criticize certain aspects of it.
But i guess if everyone would just accept that opinions differ and be fine with it, we wouldn't have much forum activity :) Although a bit more constructive feedback and reasonable discussion would be great.
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Originally posted by Nanfoodle
You have zero clue what you're talking about. Sandbox isn't defined as technically being a game where you can build stuff, that's just what a lot of people think. It has to do with the amount of freedom a game has and TESO will not have much freedom. The Elder Scrolls series is all about playing the way you want to play and has always been that way. What this online versions is, I have no clue because it is most certainly NOT an Elder Scrolls game.
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Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike Pusley, who has taken the lead on the project, accepted the donation on behalf of the county.
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DoD News Briefing with David Altwegg from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va.
Presenters: Executive Director, Missile Defense Agency David Altwegg
May 07, 2009
MR. ALTWEGG: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Briefly Secretary Gates stated, "We must balance this department's programs, in order to institutionalize and enhance our capabilities, to fight the wars we're in today and the scenarios we're most likely to face, in the years ahead, while at the same time providing a hedge against other risks and contingencies," unquote.
We are not cutting missile defense capabilities. Rather we are reshaping and redirecting our technologies, to improve and enhance our capabilities now and in the future.
MDA's mission is to develop capabilities to defeat the very challenging threat posed by ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles are becoming more mobile, survivable, reliable, accurate and capable of striking targets over longer distances.
BMs are asymmetric weapons that reduce military options available, to combatant commanders, and decrease the survivability of regional military assets. BMs increase the number of anti-access weapons available to adversaries.
In light of these challenges, we are reshaping missile defense to provide a better balance of capabilities, requirements and risks to deter aggression, project power and protect U.S. and allied interests; respond to warfighter requirements, to counter the most pressing, near-term regional threats; and to pursue cost-effective and operationally effective missile defense capabilities, to hedge against future threat uncertainty.
Missile defense program strategy will include the following. Enhanced protection of our deployed forces, allies and friends, against existing threats. Field more THAAD and Standard Missile 3 interceptors.
Convert 6 additional Aegis ships with an engagement capability, with an objective total of 27 ships with an engagement capability. Maintain a ground-based midcourse capability to defeat a limited, long-range, rogue-state attack or accidental launch against the United States.
Complete emplacement of 26 GBIs at Fort Greely and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Continue upgrades and rigorous testing. Shift focus from midcourse to ascent-phase intercept. Terminate the midcourse Multiple Kill Vehicle program. Terminate the Kinetic Energy Interceptor program. Leverage emerging ascent-phase intercept technologies to hedge against threat growths. Reduce cost and increase operational effectiveness.
Ascent-phase intercept is key because it would allow us to kill targets before countermeasures deploy, create shoot -- look-shoot opportunities, and maximize stand-off opportunities. Affordable technologies have evolved to pursue this course of action.
Finally, our new program strategy will strengthen test and target programs. Testing's important to boost credibility amongst stakeholders and dissuade foreign investments in ballistic missiles. We are nearing completion of a major test review of our program and will complete that effort early in the June time frame.
I am ready for your questions.
Q Would you elaborate on your plans for the construction of missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic?
MR. ALTWEGG: I'm going to take this opportunity to quote the president: The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles. As long as the threat from Iran persists, we intend to go forward with a missile defense system that is cost-effective and proven. If the Iranian threat is eliminated, we will have a stronger basis for security, and the driving force for missile defense construction in Europe at this time will be removed. Today we are actively pursuing such a capability in Europe, subject, of course, to the statutory restrictions that are extant.
Q (Off mike) -- the budget to pursue that capability in Europe.
MR. ALTWEGG: Now, we have spent very little of the '09 money, which, of course, is multi-year appropriations. In the '10 budget, there is $51 million for the European sites.
Q How is that spent? That's for the start of construction?
MR. ALTWEGG: First, we would have to complete the design of the sites, because again, we don't have a host-nation ratification (sic), and therefore are proscribed from proceeding to execute or implement the European sites.
Yes, ma'am?
Q Is there anything -- (off mike) -- for the fact that it looks like in our docs the line items for radar and for interceptor were zeroed out and there was a new line item called the European capability --
MR. ALTWEGG: Here's what happened.
Q (Off mike) -- one million.
MR. ALTWEGG: Most all of the European sites were in other program elements. Going into the '09 budget, the Congress took the money out of the mid-course and created three separate new program elements, one of which was a two-stage interceptor, as an example. And then, of course, there is the radar site, and there is the missile site itself in Poland, if it comes to pass.
Q Just to follow up, on the GBI issue, then, you're halting production of GBIs? Is that an appropriate --
MR. ALTWEGG: No. We will have 30 silos; 26 at Greely, and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base. We will procure an additional 14 missiles, to take us up to 44. Ten of those will be for testing; four of them will be as spares. And the approach we are going to use is, as we produce new GBIs, we will put those in the silos, remove a counterpart missile, overhaul it, and then it will become the test asset. So we will be refreshing what is already emplaced, as we proceed to pursue a vigorous test program.
Yes, sir?
Q Admiral, the plan had been to put 44 GBIs in the ground in California. Now it'll be 30.
MR. ALTWEGG: Correct.
Q Okay. Was there an analysis done showing that the United States can still be protected with 30 GBIs in the ground, as opposed to 44? Or are you just assuming greater risk?
MR. ALTWEGG: Risk may go up somewhat, but our intelligence data and the threat at the present time permits us to restrict the number of emplaced missiles to 30.
Q But is that from a new intelligence review? Because last year the program had been 44. So in the succeeding year, intelligence looks and said, you know --
MR. ALTWEGG: Continuously evolves. And we also will, of course, be producing the additional 14. And the silos -- most of the equipment to equip the silos, in addition to the 30 I'm discussing, has already been purchased.
Q Thank you. How much money in this budget is for the cooperative program with Japan to develop a new type of SM missile? And do you still intend to pursue full development of that missile, in conjunction with the Japanese defense agency?
MR. ALTWEGG: The Block IIA missile is a prominent feature of our future, and we believe the kinematic capability provided by that missile will allow our imagination to expand. And I could foresee the day not only will that ship be prominent in the fleet, but -- may well show up ashore as a standard missile, three Block IIA ashore capability.
Q Budget for that?
MR. ALTWEGG: I don't have that number available right off the top of my head, but it is not insubstantial.
Q The MKV and KEI cancellations -- by virtue of you cancelling MKV and KEI, does this mean that the requirement for such a missile is gone now -- is no longer extant now?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, first, it is our value judgment that the track we were on with the -- those capabilities was, in fact, going to turn out to be unaffordable, and the technology really was not adequately harnessed as of this time.
We have some efforts on the drawing board that we believe will provide apt replacements for those capabilities. I can't discuss them here today, but over the coming months you will be informed.
Yes -- you haven't had an opportunity. I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Q Those things you just mentioned, those "adequate replacements," is there money for those things somewhere in the --
MR. ALTWEGG: There is money in the '10 budget.
Q Money --
MR. ALTWEGG: Special programs, RDT&E. I can't talk about how much at this time. But it is in the program.
Yes, ma'am.
Q The KEI termination: As I recall, Secretary Gates did not announce that on April 6th. What happened between April 6th and now? Was there a revelation? Or was this always in the books?
MR. ALTWEGG: Nothing happened. It was zero when he spoke, and nothing has changed.
Q And the --
MR. ALTWEGG: Wait a minute, I have an -- I'm -- I need -- in fairness. In fairness.
Q Last year you asked Congress for money to start an operational STSS program beyond the demonstration satellites. And it was not funded. It doesn't look like you've requested any this year. Have you given up on an operational STSS?
MR. ALTWEGG: Absolutely no. We deem a follow-on program as probably second to none in our priorities of future efforts. But at the same time, to continue to send requests to the Congress for a follow-on STSS program where they guarantee that they probably would not approve because we have not yet demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Congress that the STSS -- a constellation would provide what we deem necessary for the future of the MDS. We will launch the two -- STSS satellite in August of this year, and we believe before the PB '11 is submitted we will have adequate justification for a follow-on program.
Yes, sir.
Q Since KEI is zero now and we're not going to buy any more airborne laser aircraft, we're just going to have a research program with the prototype, does this mean that the administration has made a judgment that we don't need boost-phase capability, at least in the near term?
MR. ALTWEGG: Our studies tell us that this -- a send-phase interceptor effort will provide the margin of superiority needed and replace boost-phase as we now know it. In other words, we believe there is a period of time available that we will be able to intercept missiles before achieving apogee and before the -- before the spread of counter-measures.
And that's the effort -- I previously had referred to that -- we're not ready today to share that -- those programs. But I think in the coming months we will be able, to some degree, to do exactly that.
Yes, sir.
Q What happened to the $5 million or so that the Senate put in for the start of a space-based test bed last year? Is there any request for that this year?
MR. ALTWEGG: Yes. Here's what we're going to do -- and we're going to do it probably before the end of June. We are going to compete amongst the FFRDCs, as envisioned in the non-enacted SASC language of last year. We are going to put that $5 million out using exactly the language which was in the unenacted SASC bill, and that will be the statement of works to do the study.
Q But why wasn't it put out last year, then?
MR. ALTWEGG: You mean in previous months?
Q In previous months, yes.
MR. ALTWEGG: One, this is a study that is not without controversy.
But all parties, to my knowledge, have now agreed that what we're doing is acceptable. The money is good for another 17 or so months and will allow us adequate time to conduct the study.
Q Is there any request for similar money in this year's budget?
MR. ALTWEGG: We did not request additional funds for a space-based test bed in the '10 PB. Again, as you know, we have now tried, unsuccessfully, and perhaps we've learned a lesson there.
Q Is NCADE one of those boost-phase intercept programs you're looking at?
MR. ALTWEGG: We have a small amount in the '10 budget to continue the NCADE effort.
Q Separately from that -- (inaudible) -- can you sort of break down where -- how much extra money each program is getting?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, in total, it's about $900 million. It's substantial. You may recall, the warfighters conducted a study called joint capabilities, a big study, number two, recommended more of each. And we are adhering totally to the study results.
Q Of that $900 (million), how much is going to --
MR. ALTWEGG: I may be a little off. But we're buying the amount stipulated.
Q What effect will the size of the Missile Defense Agency's budget have on the staffing and personnel and footprint that the agency has here and also in your other locations?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, of course we are subject to BRAC. And we are restricted in the number of people who can reside at our new headquarters facility at Fort Belvoir: that number is 292. So all over, that number will be moving to Huntsville or wherever else we are located in our country. And the rest will be, we hope, employed successfully -- and we'll do everything we can to abet their future employment. But it's 292.
Q Do you anticipate any reduction to go along with the reduction --
MR. ALTWEGG: There will be efficiency reductions in our budget because, one, the budget is going down. And how many -- that's -- there will be no government personnel affected. There will be some SETA contractors affected. That effort is yet to be completed.
I should also add Secretary Gates indicated he wanted growth in the government acquisition workforce and conversion of private contractors to the public sector. And we're going to be active and enthusiastic participants in that.
Q Very recently a senior military official testified before Congress that in the event of an intercontinental ballistic missile launch from North Korea, there was a, quote, "high probability" that the current missile defense infrastructure could intercept that launch. Does the Missile Defense Agency agree with that assessment?
MR. ALTWEGG: We have very high confidence in our program and its ability to take on the known ballistic missile threat posed by the rogue countries Iran and North Korea today.
Yes, ma'am?
Q Could we just get some numbers? We talked a lot about programs. Could we get a top-line number and maybe some specific numbers associated with, you know, SM-3, THAAD, MKV?
MR. ALTWEGG: They're all in the overview that we're going to hand out, both the total budget by P -- so that you'll have all those data. Our budget, though, for '10 is $7.8 billion.
Q Okay. And then one specific question on a number. You did say STSS was -- you didn't have a follow-on laid in yet, right?
MR. ALTWEGG: That's correct.
Q But it looks like there is $180 million earmarked or outlined for R&D.
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, that is to -- we're going to launch the two satellites. We've got to operate those satellites. And we're going to launch targets against those two satellites to demonstrate the worth of a follow-on constellation.
Yes, sir?
Q How much money is going to be saved by killing the KEI program off? What's the program of record right now?
MR. ALTWEGG: The program of record, I believe, this year was in -- well, I just happened to --
STAFF: (Off mike.)
MR. ALTWEGG: I think it's $385 million.
Q But did we think that $501 million for '10 --
MR. ALTWEGG: No, but it's zero.
Q What's the status with '10 though -- $500 million roughly?
MR. ALTWEGG: I guess one could look at it that way.
Q What's the overall program value, though? Is the contract about $6 billion today, or what's --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, because it had been previously reduced to a booster program only, it wasn't really a complete program.
Q But you don't have a feel for much the program is worth?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, at one time I can remember it was a $6 billion program. But it's had modifications throughout the life of the contract.
Yes, sir?
Q Admiral, what's the plan for the ABL program following the shootdown test that's scheduled for later this year?
MR. ALTWEGG: Shootdown right now is scheduled for September. And we intend to immediately conduct additional flight tests. And we're funded at about $150 million a year to, one, advance the technology and to conduct flight tests.
A decision, though, could be made sooner or later on the future of the program because there are operational considerations that need to be looked at in additional detail, and there's the affordability issue.
And so as the secretary has directed, that will be done in '10.
Q As you sit here today, would those flight tests include additional targets?
MR. ALTWEGG: Oh, yes. We have targets. We've got five in the magazine ready to be launched against ABL.
Yes, sir?
Q The new program you were talking about -- that is a boost- phase weapon system?
MR. ALTWEGG: No. Ascent-phase intercept.
Q And does the leverage affect any of -- either the technology --
MR. ALTWEGG: It leverages technologies that are available in the department today.
It shows the advantage of the department having a very, very healthy S&T program. Because these technologies are not confined to one service or one mission, they have the capability of being exploited across the -- all domains.
Q Is it akin to the ABL or the KEI? Which of those programs does it borrow technology from?
MR. ALTWEGG: I'm talking about technologies from other places within the department, not necessarily from within our Missile Defense Agency.
Q Is the U.S. continuing -- is the U.S. funding development of the Arrow-3 with Israel?
MR. ALTWEGG: As the Congress appropriated $30 million in '09 for the Arrow-3 program, that money will be released once the Missile Defense Agency and the government of Israel sign a project agreement on how that money will be spent; how it will be managed; how it would be contracted for, so that there is clear understanding, because we are stewards of your tax dollars and we have to be satisfied that they will be wisely spent and managed.
Q What's the issue there? What's sort of holding it up? Is there any --
MR. ALTWEGG: The biggest issue is the ability of the Israeli government to achieve knowledge points en route to a capability of -- for Arrow-3.
We have agreed on what the knowledge points are. We think achieving the schedule that they -- had been stipulated by the Israeli government is very ambitious and very high-risk. And therefore, that would affect the cost of the program, and we believe there are probably options like Standard Missile-3 ashore that need to be studied; investigated; risk-assessed, both from a cost and schedule standpoint; and then we get on a path to what is the way ahead.
Q Well, pending any Standard 3 Missile ashore technology, what about Aegis?
Is that another solution that the United -- that the Missile Defense Agency would favor? The stationing of ballistic missile-capable Aegis ships --
MR. ALTWEGG: That certainly is an alternative, but the Navy fleet is -- I can't speak, obviously, for the Navy, but I believe is adequately stressed around the globe that for me to stand here and endorse a permanent stationing of a ship either in the Eastern Med or in the Persian Gulf is better left to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Back there, please.
Q (inaudible) my question is about the conversion of six additional Aegis ships. How many of the ships would you -- would the United States be deployed to Japan or PACOM?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, as you know, the first 16 were Pacific Fleet ships. We are adding three more as I speak, East Coast ships, and then we're adding six on top of that, total 27. Those six ships to be added have not yet been identified.
Now, I should hasten to add that sometime the period post-2015 to -- into the third decade of this -- of this millennia, we will have open-system architecture in the Aegis fleet, which means that everybody -- if we're willing to spend the money -- can be BMD- capable. But that's something in the future.
Yes, ma'am.
Q I realize you don't want to get into a lot of detail about this ascent-phase interceptor, but can you tell us when you expect for it to be fieldable?
MR. ALTWEGG: Yes, I do. Because most of the technology is available now, we really are looking at 2013-2014.
Q And it's one system you're talking about, or a --
MR. ALTWEGG: Oh, no. We have multiple initiatives in play here.
Q (Off mike) -- in particular --
MR. ALTWEGG: We haven't gotten that far yet. These are -- these are new ideas that have been fostered over the last several months.
And of course, they're in the '10 budget, they're not in -- so they've got yet to be defended on the Hill.
Yes, sir?
Q Admiral, is the agency continuing to negotiate with Boeing on the GMD core completion contract? And do the changes to the GBI effort this year have any impact on that, on where you want to go with Boeing on that contract?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, the core completion contract for development is something we're negotiating as I speak. For O&S, we have assigned a contract, but will compete O&S in fiscal year '11.
Q So Boeing will carry it through FY '10, and in '11 --
MR. ALTWEGG: Correct, for O&S. And then we have the --
Q Whoever else wants to respond to that. Is that correct?
MR. ALTWEGG: There has been some interest expressed by other contractors in the O&S effort.
Q Admiral, last year you -- MDA rejiggered the way it does, it blocks funding for pretty much all of its missile -- (off mike) -- rights. Do these changes make -- make any -- have any impact on that?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, as you know if you follow GAO reports, there has been expressed concern about baselines and then cost adherence in those baselines. We believe that the blocks one through five that we've developed to date provides the transparency -- oversight, if you will -- that they expect, and Congress expects to have. We shall see.
Yes, sir?
Q When Northrop won the contract in '03, there was great -- they highlighted this as their entry into missile defense. It was a big deal. Comment on Northrop's performance now, five years later. And was this their biggest missile defense program?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, they, of course, are the prime, but the people who are the companies that are their subs are very prominent in missile defense. Raytheon would have done the missile -- the boosters, done by Orbital, subbed to ATK. So it's pretty much the same people.
Now, have they had technical difficulties? Absolutely. The first flight test of the booster stack was to have occurred months ago. It's now looked at -- and of course, that was prior to the termination -- was to be done now not until November of '09. Again, plagued by technical difficulties.
Q (Off mike) -- manager.
MR. ALTWEGG: They are the prime. They're the ones who get the award fee or suffer the consequences of not getting award fee. So, I'm sorry, that's the way contracting goes. They are the prime.
Q Is this going to hurt them in future competitions, though, because past performance --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, I mean, past performance is becoming a bigger and bigger aspect, as it should, of our business. And the Levin-McCain bill, that looks to be imminent for passage, emphasizes that fact. And I think all of you would agree.
Yes, sir?
Q The budget you sent to Congress, is this all R&D money or is this --
MR. ALTWEGG: No. No. No. As required by law, most of it is R&D. Some of it is milcon, $50-some-million that I acknowledged earlier, and procurement for things that have completed development, meaning we're starting to buy THAAD missiles with procurement and we're buying Standard Missile 3 Block 1A's with procurement.
Q (Off mike) -- the agencies identify procurement money --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, there was a desire on the part of the Congress that we buy 1A missiles in '09 with procurement funds. For whatever reasons, all good, that did not happen. So the Congress did not appropriate the money in R&D, they shifted to procurement funds. So we're buying 1A missiles now with procurement.
Q You're going from 44 operational missiles to 30 now. If you're to go back -- if at some point during the next year the determination was made that you had to go back to the 44, how much more money would you need and would be required?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, we'd have to complete the silos. We bought (sic) the 44 missiles, so they're in the can, so to speak. It would not be an exorbitant amount of money.
Q (Off mike) -- actually be done -- (off mike) --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, the decision would have to be made within the department at the SECDEF level, and then the Congress would have to agree.
Yes, ma'am.
Q When does the production line end, then, for the GBIs? With --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, with the 44, circa '12 or '13, when the last dollar would be spent.
Q And then you were saying that as a new missile rolls off the line, you put it into a silo and take the old missile out and use it as --
MR. ALTWEGG: Refurbish it, then test asset. And of course, we have a refurbishment program going on as I speak.
Yes, sir.
Q The decisions to kill MKV, to kill KEI, and to cap on ABL -- the changes with ABL -- did that originate within MDA, or was that a decision that was made at the OSD level?
MR. ALTWEGG: It was a decision made by us and supported by our superiors within the department. Affordability has got to be something honored not in the breach, but throughout the life of the program.
Q Did OSD say find this much? Did --
MR. ALTWEGG: No, there were no -- I mean, everyone likes to believe that somebody said, "You got $7.8 billion now, spend it wisely, but your call." Wrong. Our budget was approved by the Missile Defense Executive Board some months ago and then became THE budget. In other words, the Missile Defense Agency does not determine the content of THE budget. The Missile Defense Executive Board makes that decision based on our recommendation. And, of course, the warfighters give us requirements called the priorities capability list, biannual. We then take it and report back, here's what we can achieve in near, mid and far term with the requirements you've levied on us. And then they give us a report card on the ACL.
Q Can you summarize the problems that were encountered with the boost-phase programs, and the reason you're going now to an ascent-phase solution?
MR. ALTWEGG: The biggest problem has, of course, been affordability. With KEI, of course, the program was curtailed and became a booster program last year. And we've had problems with materials, with electronics. We've had multiple problems with the materials. By that I mean cases bursting during static-fire tests or pre-testing of samples. All of those are not behind us, hence, a test that we thought at one time this year was going to be in August of '09 has now slipped into November. But with the termination of the program, there will be no flight test.
Q Land-based SM-3 missiles-- land-based SM-3 missile -- I think this budget implies that MDA would accelerate to develop these. And my question is, which phase are you in? I mean, how long will it take to develop that?
MR. ALTWEGG: We believe we could field a (SM-3 Block) 1B missile ashore by '14. That's 2014. But right now, we have -- the program would really start in '10.
Q (Inaudible) – consider to deploy land-based SM-3 missiles to East Asian theater, such as Japan someday?
MR. ALTWEGG: That has not been an item discussed. To date, it's been confined to Israel. But we think there is a need for an SM-3 ashore capability globally. But there are other alternatives. There is the THAAD missile system, which of course has performed flawlessly in testing to date.
Q So the KEI and MKV contracts are canceled, will be canceled, for default.
MR. ALTWEGG: No, not default.
In the case of MKV, it is an IDIQ contract. We just let the tasks that have been assigned play out, during the year of the budget. And the program is over. The KEI program of course is a completion contract. And we'll have to issue a stop-work order.
Q So that will still be considered a cancellation of inconvenience? The government just decides --
MR. ALTWEGG: Right.
They're not considered default. The contractor is not at default.
Q Are there any disclosure costs?
MR. ALTWEGG: There will be some.
Now, for the MKV, there will not be termination liability. There will be for the other program, because we've not, you know, we've not been able to talk about the budget. So this is all news, to a lot of people, what I'm standing up here saying.
Q (Off mike) -- wasn't informed before now.
MR. ALTWEGG: Oh, no.
We were -- I can tell you, well, you must all know, the security behind this budget has been unprecedented in this city. We have, in fact, until I got up here today, the program manager for KEI did not know that his program had been terminated.
Q (Off mike) -- decided at the time that Gates gave his remarks on April 6th.
MR. ALTWEGG: We had decided before that. But we did not share it, with the program manager, because we had been proscribed for sharing budget data.
Q Why did the secretary fail to mention it on April 6th, as far as you know?
MR. ALTWEGG: I can only think it must have been an oversight. But I -- it's none of my business.
Q One question about -- that is your business. The Services are all asked by Congress to submit what's called --
MR. ALTWEGG: We will not submit a UFR list. I --
Q If you were -- if the MDA were submitting such a list, what would you personally want?
MR. ALTWEGG: I don't believe in that process. We have been on a fixed budget in the seven years I've been at the agency, so that when there are program overruns, we either take money from you or we stretch our program. We have never gone to the Department and said we need more money in our budget because we have not managed it properly or it's too complex or whatever the reason. Never in the seven years that the agency has existed have we gone and asked for more money.
I should also toot our horn that our overruns, totaled over the last seven years, are about 6 percent of our budget. And we are, after all, into rocket science.
Q Is there anything that you personally would like to see funded that is not being funded?
MR. ALTWEGG: If I did, I would not tell you. Discipline is an important aspect of our job. And we should speak with one voice, not multiple.
Yes, ma'am?
Q So is it reasonable to expect that this sort of reshaping that you spoke about, is it reasonable to expect this $7.8 billion number to be sort of an average over the coming years? I mean, I realize that we don't have a funding tail to work with, but is that your expectation?
MR. ALTWEGG: I think the state of the economy will probably have an impact on that. And there is no question that what Iran and North Korea do on an annual or more frequent basis certainly must influence the decision-makers.
Q (Off mike) -- that ascent or boost phase line will grow, then, as these technologies are --
MR. ALTWEGG: Right, but I think you -- when we are able to share more information with you, you will find -- I wish I'd have thought of that.
Q (Off mike.)
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, because it could occur over a longer period of time, in our view.
Q So you're still considering doing a boost phase.
MR. ALTWEGG: We want to intercept this -- these targets immediately after their boost phase ceases and before deployment of countermeasures.
Q But that does not include boost phase?
MR. ALTWEGG: Not in our parlance. It's the period after cutoff of the engines. And now it's observing Kepler's laws. From there to apogee is the ascent phase.
Q Do you view that as easy?
MR. ALTWEGG: I don't pretend that anything we do is simple. No, it is not easy.
Q Yes, but it's coming out of boost phase.
MR. ALTWEGG: Yes.
Q Admiral, when you were talking about the money that's going into THAAD and SM-3, in response to the combatant commanders and the capability mix study, the authorization bill last year said that -- that Congress said that they were concerned there was no adequate requirements process for MDA to determine force structure inventory levels to meet the combatant commanders, and they suggested that DOD establish an adequate requirements process -- (off mike) -- for such inventory, to meet that command.
MR. ALTWEGG: We believe that exists, particularly since Mr. England, who at the time was the deputy secretary, in September of '08 signed the business rules on how we were going to do business with the warfighters, with the military departments and the major staff offices, principal staff offices in OSD.
Q And do you believe those business rules that were signed that -- provides adequate direction for this requirements process to be able to --
MR. ALTWEGG: Absolutely. And the MDEB, of course, which is the centerpiece, also has four standing committees -- one on forces, one on budget, one on tests and one on policy -- that work on issues as assigned by the Missile Defense Executive Board. This is really working very, very well, at least in our estimation.
Q To your knowledge, the THAAD/SM-3 money, is that split right about down the middle? They both get about 450 apiece?
MR. ALTWEGG: Again, the 900 may be a little off, but, yes. It about doubles the inventory of each. And of course, we should also not forget, in addition, we will buy up to seven THAAD batteries.
We were -- scheduled for four. Three additional are part of the package.
Q Congress gave you additional money for THAAD and SM-3 last year, too.
MR. ALTWEGG: Yes. And they -- of course they've been prompting us the last -- at least -- two years on the need for more missiles; we agree; the budget reflects it.
Q You just said that you thought that the ascent-phase intercept would be easier than the boost-phase --
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, I -- easier may be a poor choice of words, but we believe that to be the case.
Q But if so, why was all this money spent over these years for boost-phase systems like ABL and KEI?
MR. ALTWEGG: Well, one, I would not yet dismiss ABL. We did not terminate. We canceled the second aircraft. Let's wait and see the results of the shootdown before we dismiss or terminate ABL, if you will.
Otherwise, we believe technologies now available, not previously available, make this a more suitable, more affordable enterprise. Time will tell, and we don't have a 10-year wait period to demonstrate. We'll be off and running soon.
Q I'm curious -- so you seem to say that we're going to have a -- some sort of revelations in the near term on this ascent phase? It sounds like we might learn some more fairly soon.
MR. ALTWEGG: Yes. And the reason -- I'm not trying to avoid the questions. What we're going through right now is a security review. Because we never want -- we studiously avoid disclosing information that will demonstrate vulnerabilities. This security review is not going to be prolonged.
Q So there could be a public debate in Congress about this?
MR. ALTWEGG: I -- yes. It will probably come out of being a classified program.
Thank you.
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