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March 24, 2020

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs

USNI News The Navy began procuring Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers, also known as Aegis destroyers, in FY1985, and a

March 24, 2020

An Increasingly Aggressive Iran Warrants New Emphasis on Missile, Rocket Defense

RealClearDefense On March 11, about 30 rockets rained down on Taji Air Base in central Iraq, killing two American troops

March 23, 2020

U.S. Navy Cruiser USS Shiloh Launches SM-2 Missile During Live-Fire Exercise

DefPost The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) has launched a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) telemetry surface-to-air

March 23, 2020

Trump announces mobilization of military assets in fight against ‘hidden enemy’

The Washington Examiner: The Pentagon announced Friday the successful test of an experimental hypersonic glide body from the Pacific Missile Range Facility,

March 23, 2020

US launches hypersonic glide body test in race to catch up with China and Russia

The Washington Examiner: A C-HGB rocket on Thursday pierced the skies over Kauai, Hawaii. It created explosive smoke flumes similar

March 23, 2020

North Korea Launches 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

The Diplomat On Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the country’s armed forces had tracked two North Korean

March 23, 2020

Department of Defense Tests Hypersonic Glide Body

U.S. Department of Defense The Department of Defense successfully tested a hypersonic glide body in a flight experiment conducted from

March 23, 2020

Iran’s New Guided Rocket Kit Is Certain To Raise Tensions With Israel

The National Interest Iran has unveiled a kit that appears to convert unguided surface-to-surface rockets into guided weapons. The Labeik

March 23, 2020

Why The Pentagon’s THAAD Missile Defense System Is Becoming Critical To Protection Of The U.S. Homeland

Forbes The coronavirus crisis is a reminder that catastrophes sometimes befall civilization with little or no warning. U.S. policymakers can

March 20, 2020

US Army chief: How COVID-19 will impact modernization is a wait-and-see situation

Defense News: It’s realistic for the U.S. Army to wait and see how the new coronavirus might affect its ambitious plans to modernize the