Air Defense News

September 21, 2022

Ukraine Situation Report: 80 Percent Of Kyiv’s Airpower Remains Intact

The Drive: Russia’s failure to target Ukrainian integrated air defenses at the outset of hostilities in February have cost it at least

September 20, 2022

Canada Plans to Increase Spending on North American Defense

Department of Defense News: The Defense Department welcomes Canada Defense Minister Anita Anand’s June 20 announcement of plans to enlarge

September 19, 2022

Spanish, German companies start work on hypersonic missile interceptor

Defense News: Spanish and German missile manufacturers are leading an effort to develop a new hypersonic defense interceptor as part

September 16, 2022

SAMP/T, Spada and Crotale in Ukraine – President Zelensky wants to discuss with Italy and France supplies of air defense systems

Gagadget: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, held a press

September 16, 2022

Ukraine’s military claims downing Iran drone used by Russia

AP News: Ukraine’s military claimed Tuesday for the first time that it encountered an Iranian-supplied suicide drone used by Russia

September 12, 2022

Taiwan tracks 8 Chinese military aircraft, 5 naval ships around country

Taiwan News: The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and five naval ships around Taiwan as

September 8, 2022

India successfully test-fires Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile

The News Minute: The flight-tests were carried out against high-speed aerial targets mimicking various types of threats to evaluate the

September 7, 2022

US Approves Deadly Air-To-Air Missiles For Taiwan Days After China Vows To Make Superior Missiles Than Foreign Counterparts

The EurAsian Times: The US State Department has approved Taiwan’s requests to purchase AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles, AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II

September 6, 2022

Taiwan shoots down drone for first time off Chinese coast

Reuters: Taiwan’s military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet

August 30, 2022

Scholz revives vision for German-led air defense network in Europe

Defense News: Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany will spend “substantially” on air defense in the coming years, offering a German-led