Missile Defense News

January 20, 2017

Air Force to Launch Missile-Warning Satellite Friday: Watch It Live

Space.com: A U.S. military satellite designed to detect enemy missiles is scheduled to launch Friday night (Jan. 20), and you

January 20, 2017

Missile Defense Agency continuing work on interceptor site in Eastern United States

Redstone Alabama: In a white paper released this week, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has called for a large military buildup

January 20, 2017

US, South Korea, Japan stage missile-defense drills amid N. Korea threat

Stars and Stripes: The United States, South Korea and Japan kicked off naval missile-defense drills Friday, joining forces to counter

January 19, 2017

ULA Atlas V set for SBIRS-GEO-3 launch from the Cape

NASA Space Flight The US Air Force’s third Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous missile detection satellite will ride to orbit

January 19, 2017

Air force gets first Arrow 3 missile defense battery

The Times of Israel The Israeli Air Force received its first Arrow 3 missile defense system on Wednesday, a little

January 18, 2017

U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin Prepare for Jan. 19 Launch of Next SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite

PR Newswire: The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will launch the next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)

January 18, 2017

Japan to launch missile defense satellite

UPI: Japan is planning to launch a missile defense satellite next Tuesday to upgrade the country’s surveillance network that can

January 17, 2017

Advanced missile detection satellite for early-warning alerts awaits liftoff

Space Flight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — Culminating years of construction and testing, a $1.2 billion satellite designed to spot and

January 17, 2017

The U.S. Army’s Patriot Missile Is Getting a Big Upgrade (Thanks to Lockheed Martin)

The National Interest The PATRIOT Missile Segment Enhancement improves fire-control, radar and target tracking for the weapon, which can destroy

January 16, 2017

Former U.N. chief Ban throws weight behind THAAD deployment

The Japan Times: Former United Nations chief and presumptive South Korean presidential candidate Ban Ki-moon has backed the deployment later