Missile Defense News

October 5, 2020

Turkey’s Russian Missile Defense System Drove Pompeo to Greece

The National Herald:   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to visit Greece was reportedly cemented when Turkey used

October 5, 2020

The Army is officially adding missile-hauling Strykers to its arsenal

Task & Purpose:   After years in the making, the Army is officially ordering a new batch of missile-hauling Stryker

October 5, 2020

117th Space Battalion shifts to 100th Missile Defense Brigade to optimize mission

DVIDS:   Effective Oct. 1, two of the more unique Army National Guard units aligned, as the 100th Missile Defense

October 2, 2020

Japan’s missile defense options

NHK World:   Japan‘s Defense Ministry has submitted a record budget request for the next fiscal year. It wants about

October 2, 2020

MDA and Army see successful Patriot and THAAD test after failure

DefenseNews:   After a failed test in February, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Army successfully intercepted a target

October 2, 2020

General Dynamics gets $1.2 billion to build short-range air defense systems for US Army

DefenseNews:   General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $1.2 billion contract, at the close of the fiscal, year to

October 1, 2020

USS Donald Cook Completes Availability Ahead of Schedule

NAVSEA:   The Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC), detachment Rota, recently completed a Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) for USS

October 1, 2020

US State Department green lights Patriot missile sale to Switzerland

Army Technology:   The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of the Patriot missile system

September 30, 2020

Guided-missile destroyer breaks record for longest time spent at sea

NavyTimes:   The guided-missile destroyer Stout reached a record 208 days at sea, Sept. 26, as part of a deployment

September 30, 2020

U.S. Receives Its First Israeli-made Iron Dome Missile Defense Battery

Haaretz:   The U.S. military received its first of two Israeli-made Iron Dome batteries on Wednesday, a year after Washington