Missile Defense News

November 15, 2016

(LEAD) Defense ministry set to finalize deal to secure site for THAAD

Yonhap News: South Korea’s defense ministry is set to conclude a deal to acquire a site for an advanced U.S.

November 14, 2016

Defense Ministry and Lotte completing land swap for THAAD deployment

The Hankyoreh: The Ministry of National Defense and Lotte have effectively agreed upon a plan in which the Lotte golf

November 14, 2016

Future USS John Finn Completes Acceptance Trials

Navy: Pre-Commissioning Unit John Finn (DDG 113) successfully completed acceptance trials and returned to Pascagoula, Mississippi, Nov. 3. Acceptance trials

November 14, 2016

Cobham awarded Aegis waveguide contract

C4ISR Net: Cobham has been awarded a contract to produce waveguide components and assemblies for Lockheed Martin’s AN/SPY-1D three-dimensional fixed-phased

November 10, 2016

Former US Ambassador in Bucharest: Trump’s election will not affect Deveselu missile shield

Romania Insider: Mark Gitenstein, the former U.S. Ambassador in Bucharest between 2009 and 2012, says that he has never heard

November 10, 2016

South Korea says Trump pledged commitment to its defense

Reuters: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pledged his commitment to defending South Korea under an existing security alliance during a phone

November 9, 2016

South Korea ruling party says U.S. missile defense to go ahead

Reuters: The deployment in South Korea of the U.S. military’s THAAD system, designed to counter North Korea’s missile threat, will

November 8, 2016

Pentagon on THAAD deployment: ‘We want to do this as quickly as possible’

Business Insider: The powerful missile defense system that has North Korea, China, and Russia spooked is expected to make its

November 8, 2016

Wes Kremer: Raytheon Could Update Germany’s Patriot Missile Defense System Within a Year

Executive Biz: A Raytheon official has said the company could perform updates to Germany’s Patriot missile defense system within a year and for less

November 7, 2016

Air Defense Artillery Transfer of Authority Ceremony

DVIDS: The U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment relinquished authority for the Counter Rocket, Artillery and