Missile Defense News

January 16, 2020

US mulls sending more missile-defense systems to Middle East: report

Fox News Just over a week after Iran fired 16 ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed, the

January 15, 2020

Navy accelerates new ship radar to support emerging ‘sea-attack’ strategy

Fox News The Navy is accelerating integration of a new, much more powerful radar system intended to find and destroy enemy drones,

January 15, 2020

Israel intercepts rockets launched from Gaza Strip

Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Wednesday that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired four rockets at southern

January 14, 2020

New Radar System Gives Navy Longer Reach As Threats Get Faster, Smaller, More Numerous

Breaking Defense: In the coming weeks, the Navy is slated to unveil a new plan for what ships plans to

January 14, 2020

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests

The Drive: Israel says that an upgraded version of its combat-proven Iron Dome defense system successfully knocked down all of the simulated

January 14, 2020

Japan defense chief Taro Kono tours Aegis missile defense test site in Hawaii

The Japan Times: Defense Minister Taro Kono on Monday visited a test complex of a U.S.-developed land-based missile defense system

January 10, 2020

South Korea reportedly moves Patriot missile defense battery to Seoul

Stars and Stripes: South Korea has moved a Patriot anti-missile battery to the center of Seoul in a bid to

December 27, 2019

F-16 downs drone during cruise missile defense testing

U.S. Air Force: The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron shot down a subscale drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill

December 24, 2019

China, South Korea gap remains over U.S. missile defense on peninsula

UPI: Chinese President Xi Jinping requested a “proper resolution” to the presence of U.S. missile defense on the Korean Peninsula during a

December 24, 2019

Missile Defense Agency awards Raytheon $1 billion Standard Missile-3 IIA contract

PRNewswire: Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded the following Standard Missile-3 Block IIA contract as announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on Dec. 20, 2019. Raytheon