Missile Defense News

May 8, 2017

Pentagon Announces Start of Ballistic Missile Defense Review

Department of Defense: WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis today directed the start of the department’s Ballistic

May 8, 2017

Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks on billions in arms sales – U.S. sources

Reuters: Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia,

May 5, 2017

Missile Defense Agency looking for ‘transportable’ ICBM interceptors

WAAY: The Redstone Arsenal-based Missile Defense Agency is asking the defense industry to submit ideas for “transportable” ICBM interceptor missiles,

May 5, 2017

Shadows over Turkey’s possible purchase of the Russian S-400

Asia Times: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed Ankara’s possible acquisition of Russia’s S-400

May 3, 2017

$40 million upgrade for Thule radar unifies missile shield sites

66th Air Base Group’s Public Affairs: Early Warning Radars located throughout the world are undergoing multiple updates to their hardware,

May 3, 2017

Test of U.S. Defense Against North Korea Missiles Set This Month

Bloomberg Politics: The Pentagon will attempt a new test by the end of this month of whether it can intercept

May 3, 2017

Missile defenses to shoot down North Korean rockets is ready

New York Daily News: The American anti-missile system to defend South Korea against North Korea is operational, officials said Tuesday.

May 2, 2017

Japanese Officials: Washington and Tokyo Need More Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation

USNI News: To counter immediate and growing North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile threats, three former Japanese ministers of defense

May 2, 2017

THAAD missile defense system operational in South Korea, US says

CNN: A controversial US missile defense system is up and running in South Korea, a week before the country’s presidential

May 1, 2017

U.S. to South Korea: We’ll pay for missile defense system (for now)

CNN Money: After President Trump set off a furor over who should pay for a U.S. missile defense system that’s