Air Defense News

January 19, 2024

Ukraine’s ‘FrankenSAM’ Air Defense Solution Registers First Kill

The Defense Post The system downed the Shahed drone from 9 kilometers (5.59 miles), registering its first kill, Ukrainian Minister

January 19, 2024

Pakistan’s Air Force says it has a hypersonic-capable missile

Defense News The Pakistan Air Force has revealed the existence of a hypersonic missile capability, noting on social media and in a

January 18, 2024

New Air Defense System Advances Corps’ Air Dominance

Marine Corps The Marine Corps is one step closer to defeating unmanned aircraft systems. In December, Program Executive Officer Land Systems

January 18, 2024

UK begins next-gen Eurofighter Typhoon radar integration, eyeing ‘powerful’ EW capabilities

Breaking Defense BAE Systems and Leonardo UK have fitted an advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar to a Eurofighter

January 17, 2024

Ukrainians Blast Russian ‘Wasp’ Anti-Aircraft System With HIMARS

Kyiv Post Using an American-made HIMARS rocket launcher, the Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Osa (wasp) anti-aircraft missile complex in southern Ukraine, according to

January 17, 2024

Ukrainian Crews Set A Complex Missile Trap For Russia’s Best Radar Plane

Forbes On Sunday night, Ukrainian air-defenses shot down one of the Russian air force’s very rare, and very valuable, A-50 radar early-warning

January 16, 2024

Russia Loses A-50 Recon Jet, Il-22 Plane as Putin’s Air Defenses Blamed

Newsweek A rare $300 million Russian early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin plane were allegedly hit by Russia’s

January 16, 2024

NATO’s rotational air defense presence on its eastern borders would be ‘appropriate response to Russian escalation,’ says Lithuanian Foreign

YahooNews Expanding NATO’s rotational air defense presence in the Black and Baltic Sea regions would be an “appropriate response to the

January 11, 2024

SR-71 Blackbird: Could It Outrun Russia’s S-400 Air Defense Missiles?

National Interest This article considers the capabilities of modern air-defense systems like the Russian S-200, S-300, and S-400, suggesting that while

January 9, 2024

The New Air Defense System Protecting Ukrainian Skies, Courtesy of Germany

Kyiv Post As winter approached, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly asked his partners for more air defense assets, anticipating a repeat of