More Thoughts on the Mystery in the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 Shoot Down

ATIcourses instructor John Parnell teaches the following courses: Aegis Combat System Engineering Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Below are his thoughts on recent shoot down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukrane. The one that comes to mind is an Army AD battery called HAWK. It performs the same function, and consists of a Radar, Command […]
ATIcourses instructor John Parnell teaches the following courses: Aegis Combat System Engineering Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Below are his thoughts on recent shoot down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukrane. The one that comes to mind is an Army AD battery called HAWK. It performs the same function, and consists of a Radar, Command and Control, and Weapon System.  So, the sequence of weapon system functions is what makes it sophisticated. John W. Parnell served as Chief Architect for Aegis Missile Defense, Naval Air Defense, and Intelligence & Instrumentation Radar System Synthesis and Analysis for Lockheed Martin at their Moorestown, NJ facility. He gained expertise in Aegis BMD Weapon System Engineering as Technical Lead on both the Navy Area Wide and the Aegis LEAP Intercept (ALI) Programs. His 35+ years- experience with Lockheed Martin includes: technical direction, system definition and design of multi-platform, multi-function weapon systems; system development of radar, missile fire control, BMC3, ECCM, & CEC. Mr. Parnell served on the MDA National Team from 2002-2007. Contact this instructor
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