The Jewish Press: The David’s Sling Weapons System (DSWS) On Tuesday was given the prestigious Technology Pioneer Award at the 2017 Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, in recognition of ground-breaking achievements in Lower-Tier Ballistic Missile and Cruise Missile Defense. With a robust system-of-systems architecture and breakthrough Stunner Interceptor technologies, David’s Sling…
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The Washington Post: SEOUL — The Pentagon’s top general arrived in South Korea’s capital Thursday, preparing to meet with senior South Korean military officials ahead of President Trump’s visit next month and amid a heightened threat of war with North Korea. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said that…
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Council on Foreign Relations: Signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is the only Cold War-era U.S.-Soviet arms control agreement that remains in force today. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at which point all U.S. and Soviet INF missiles had…
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CNBC News: Lockheed Martin reported lower-than-expected third-quarter earnings before market open Friday. Shares of the aerospace and dense contract slipped more than 1 percent in premarket trading Friday. CEO Marillyn Hewson said the company has “a record backlog that supports long term growth.” Lockheed Martin raised its expectation for its full-year earnings to a range…
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The Maritime Executive: The U.S. Navy has rerouted the heavy lift ship Treasure to the Philippines after discovering that her cargo, the damaged destroyer USS John S. McCain, has developed a four inch hull crack. AIS data showed the Treasure anchored in Subic Bay on Monday morning, just off the docks of HHIC, the largest…
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USNI News: USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) won’t be upgraded to the latest version of the Aegis Combat System when it completes its repairs following a collision with a merchant ship off of Japan, according to Naval Sea Systems Command. Instead of upgrading the combat system of the destroyer to the new Baseline 9 standard, which allows…
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The Wall Street Journal: SEOUL—South Korea and China have agreed to renew their currency swap agreement after they let their previous deal expire, in an apparent bid to contain the fallout over Seoul hosting a U.S. missile system that Beijing opposes. South Korea’s central bank and finance ministry said Friday that the new three-year currency…
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The Economic Times: UNITED NATIONS: India has called attention to the Pakistan-North Korea nuclear-missile nexus and said the international community should act against those involved in such deals. “The international community should take a united stand against those who indulge in or benefit from clandestine (nuclear) proliferation linkages,” Amandeep Singh Gill, India’s principal disarmament affairs…
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Sputnik News: According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the US deployment of its missile launchers at a base in Romania violates the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. By deploying missiles in Romania, the US is violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and poses a threat to Russia’s security, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North…
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Space News: WASHINGTON — The satellite communications systems that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency uses to send targeting data to interceptor missiles are huge — about the size of a building. Such high level of SATCOM security has been unheard of in small systems that troops could take to the battlefield aboard a helicopter. But…
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