Missile Defense News

March 2, 2018

The Latest: White House: US defense capability ‘2nd to none’

AP News: The White House says U.S. defense capabilities “are and will remain second to none” as it responds to

March 2, 2018

Pentagon looks to adjust missile defense policy to include threats from Russia, China

Stars and Stripes: WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is working on an expanded U.S. missile defense policy that would address

March 1, 2018

US Strategic Command chief: It’s taking way too long to get space-based missile defense

Defense News: WASHINGTON — While the past year has been filled with talk of doing more to develop missile defense

March 1, 2018

‘Drop It on Their Heads’: StratCom’s Launch-Phase Missile Defense Plan

Military.com: The nation needs directed-energy weapons — lasers, particle beams, microwaves — to take out enemy ballistic missiles on launch,

March 1, 2018

DOD now treating missile defense flight test plans — once public — as classified

Inside Defense: The Pentagon — citing a need to “safeguard critical defense information” — will no longer provide advance information

March 1, 2018

MDA unveils new, billion-dollar radar program to shore up Pacific sensor network

Inside Defense: The Missile Defense Agency is proposing what is effectively a new, billion-dollar radar program beginning in fiscal year

March 1, 2018

Israeli invention provides aircraft missile defense

Israel National News: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced a new electronic warfare system designed for aircraft self-defense, the ELL-8270. The

February 28, 2018

Key U.S. lawmakers want to boost Israel’s $38 billion defense aid package

Reuters: Senators Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican foreign policy voice, and Chris Coons, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign

February 28, 2018

Pentagon nears decision on Fort Drum as East Coast missile defense site

Syracuse: WASHINGTON — Members of Upstate New York’s congressional delegation are making a last-minute pitch to the Pentagon, asking military

February 28, 2018

Hawaii suspends missile siren tests after mistaken alert

New York Post: HONOLULU — Hawaii authorities won’t sounds sirens warning of a nuclear missile attack during a monthly test