Missile Defense News

August 29, 2019

Hungary approved for $500M purchase of 180 AMRAAM missiles

UPI: Aug. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. State Department approved the sale of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Hungary

August 29, 2019

China to showcase ‘advanced weapons’ at its biggest military parade on 1 October

livemint: Beijing: China will hold its biggest military parade showcasing some of the most “advanced weapons”, including the nuclear arsenal,

August 29, 2019

US State Department clears $4.2B in arms sales to Japan, SKorea, Hungary, Lithuania and Denmark

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday cleared more than $4.2 billion worth of potential weapons sales

August 28, 2019

U.S. approves $3.3 bil sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan

JapanToday: Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan on Tuesday, following close behind a series of

August 27, 2019

South Korea’s exit from intelligence-sharing pact with Japan will complicate defense, US warns

Stars and Stripes: SEOUL, South Korea — The United States stepped up criticism of South Korea’s withdrawal from a military

August 23, 2019

Trump’s new Pentagon’s chief says the US is testing once-banned missiles to ‘deter Chinese bad behavior’

Business Insider: Having walked away from a Cold War-era arms control pact with Russia, the US is free to confront

August 23, 2019

US formally pulls Turkey’s Patriot missile system offer

CNN: The Trump administration has formally withdrawn its offer for Turkey to purchase a Patriot missile system in retaliation for

August 22, 2019

Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defense system

Reuters: Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile in June. It says

August 21, 2019

DOD tanks redesigned kill vehicle program for homeland defense interceptor

Defense news: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has moved from taking a “strategic pause” on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program

August 21, 2019

USS Ramage deploys to provide ballistic missile defense for U.S. Navy fleet

Defence Blog: The U.S. Navy has announced that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) deployed from Naval Station