CNSL event on the recent USN shoot-down of a falling satellite

Center for National Security Law (Virginia), "The Shoot-Down of the Failing NRO Satellite: Implications for ICBM Missile Defense" (Oct. 9, 2008)

http://www.virginia.edu/cnsl/pdf/shoot-down_of_nro_satellite_2008.pdf

The Center for National Security Law will host a Capitol Hill Forum on

the afternoon of Thursday, October 9, in room SR 385 of the Russell

Senate Office Building starting with a 4:30 PM wine and cheese reception

and concluding at 7 PM.

 

The program is entitled "The Shoot-Down of the Failing NRO Satellite:

Implications for ICBM Missile Defense."  There will be a presentation

(including video of the actual intercept) by Lt. Gen. "Trey" Obering,

Director of the Missile Defense Agency at the Pentagon, followed by a

panel of experts discussing the implications of the shoot-down for

ballistic-missile defense.  The panelist will include Professor Robert

Pfalzgraff, president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis at

the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and retired Navy Vice Admiral

J. D. Williams, former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Naval

Warfare and Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet.

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The program is open to the public and there is no charge.  The Russell

building is Northeast of the Capitol on a site bounded by Constitution

Avenue, First Street, Delaware Avenue, and C Street, N.E. Washington,

DC.  For information on directions, parking, and the nearest Metro

station, see:

http://www.thecapitol.net/MapsAndDirections/capitolhillmap.htm .

 

RSVP (acceptances only) to:

 

cnsl@virginia.edu

(434) 924-4080

(434) 982-2622 (fax)