This Week In Missile Defense: June 9 – 15, 2018

China May Demand That US Remove THAAD From S Korea – Analyst

Sputnik International: On June 12 North Korea clearly signaled its determination to carry out the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, therefore, at this stage,

Plans for Aegis Ashore met with opposition in Japan

United Press International: June 14 (UPI) — Japan’s plans to deploy a land-based component of a missile interceptor system, the

USAF signs $866 million contract to sustain missile warning/missile defense and space tracking radars

Military Embedded Systems: The Sustainment and Modification of Radar Sensors (SMORS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract awarded to Northrop Grumman

Saudi Arabia says missile shot by Yemen rebels intercepted

The Times of Israel: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi air defenses on Thursday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from rebel-held

Turkey slams US demand to nix S-400 deal as ‘blackmail’

TASS: ANKARA, June 14. /TASS/. Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli slammed the US demand to give up the deal to

China holds missile drills in South China Sea amid heightened tension

Reuters: BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial

Turkish Ex-General: Ankara-Moscow S-400 Deal a ‘Response to US’ Threats’

Sputnik International: Former Turkish air force base commander Lieutenant General (ret.) Erdoğan Karakuş told Sputnik that Russo-Turkish arms cooperation is

US tells Saudi Arabia to not purchase S-400 air defense system – report

Al Masdar News: BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Mid-East Affairs, David Schenker, recommended that

China’s DF-26 Missile: It Can Sink an Aircraft Carrier and Nuke an Army Base

The National Interest: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) commissioned theDF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) into service earlier