Missile Defense News

August 9, 2022

Pentagon eyes broader missile defense amid calls for more advanced countermeasures

Defense News: America’s focus on countering intercontinental ballistic missiles is broadening to cruise and hypersonic missiles, and modest spending might

August 8, 2022

Iron Dome at 97% success rate after 580 rockets fired from Gaza since Friday

Times of Israel: The Iron Dome missile defense system has achieved a 97 percent success rate intercepting incoming rockets, amid

August 8, 2022

Senate Requests $2B Boost to Space Force Budget for Missile Defense

Defense World Senate lawmakers in Washington intend to bump up the budget for the Space Force by at least $2

August 4, 2022

ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

Space News: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite lifted off Aug. 4

August 3, 2022

New Missile-Warning Satellite, Set to Launch, Will Complete SBIRS Constellation

Air Force Magazine: The Space Force’s sixth and final satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System heads to geosynchronous orbit as

August 3, 2022

US Army successfully tests Iron Dome at White Sands Missile Range

Breaking Defense: The Iron Dome system successfully defeated cruise missile and unmanned aerial system surrogates during a recent test with

August 2, 2022

Hicks taps Air Force to oversee cruise missile defense

Politico: Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks has selected the Air Force to oversee the development of a cruise missile defense

July 29, 2022

Saltzman nominated to lead Space Force

Air Force Times: President Joe Biden on Wednesday tapped Space Force operations boss Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to run the

July 28, 2022

F-22 Raptors Are Heading To Poland

The Drive: As Russia threatens “tougher action” against the U.S. if it continues arming Ukraine, six U.S. Air Force F-22

July 27, 2022

CNO: Missile Attack on Russian Warship Moskva Moved Navy to Speed Up Laser Defense for Ships

USNI News: The April sinking of Russian cruiser RTS Moskva (121) in the Black Sea by the Ukrainian Navy is