Missile Defense News

August 6, 2020

Stratcom Chief: Attack on U.S. Would Be ‘A Very Bad Day’ for Adversary

Department of Defense Navy Adm. Charles A. Richard outlined threats the nation faces from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea

August 6, 2020

Airplanes With Lasers Won’t Be Shooting Down Ballistic Missiles Anytime Soon

Forbes In May, before he resigned as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Dr. Michael Griffin, the Pentagon’s top

August 6, 2020

MDA to Use Destroyer USS John Finn for Defense-of-Hawaii Missile Intercept Test

USNI News The Missile Defense Agency is nearing its planned defense-of-Hawaii test event with an Arleigh Burke destroyer and a

August 5, 2020

DoD space agency’s programs don’t have to be perfect but have to be fast

Space News The Pentagon’s new space agency is working to develop a network of satellites in low Earth orbit to

August 5, 2020

Missile Agency Director Describes Threat, Countermeasures

Department of Defense In recent years, threats from new missile systems against the homeland, deployed forces and friends and allies

August 5, 2020

The price of peace: Why Japan scrapped a $4.2bn US missile system

Nikkei Asian Review Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono was seething after a June 3 briefing in his office. “Why didn’t

August 5, 2020

American trucks land in Israel to support Iron Dome testing ahead of US Army delivery

Defense News A Ukrainian cargo plane that landed in Israel Aug. 3 carried trucks that will be used to support Iron

August 5, 2020

Army IBCS Critical To JADC2: STRATCOM’s Adm. Richard

Breaking Defense The Army’s top-priority IBCS system will be critical to the military’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) network,

August 4, 2020

Raytheon and Rafael to build Iron Dome in US

Defense News American firm Raytheon Technologies and Israeli-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have formed a joint venture to build the Iron

August 4, 2020

North Korea has ‘probably’ developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles – UN

The Guardian North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons programme and several countries believe it has “probably developed

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