Missile Defense News

August 12, 2016

S. Korea defense chief to visit THAAD site next week for dialogue

Yonhap: South Korea’s defense chief plans to visit Seongju county, which was selected to host the advanced U.S. missile defense

August 11, 2016

Army officer with area connections receives honor

The Daily Republic: Lt. Col. Keith B. Weber, U.S. Army, recently received the 2016 U.S. USNORTHCOM Missile Defender of the

August 11, 2016

‘THAAD can intercept missiles 100 percent’

Korea Times: Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), said Thursday that his country’s advanced

August 11, 2016

U.S. to conduct interception test against Musudan-type missiles next year: MDA chief

Yonhap: SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) — The United States will carry out an interception test against Musudan-type intermediate-range ballistic missiles

August 11, 2016

Japan Eyes Deploying THAAD Battery

Chosun: The Japanese Defense Ministry wants to buy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery to step up its defense against

August 10, 2016

Battle Creek atop short list of sites for new missile defense system

WWMT: Right now, Battle Creek is a top contender to host a multi-billion dollar missile defense system. It’s a story

August 10, 2016

Jenoptik wins Patriot orders in the amount of 11 million euros

Jenoptik: The overall order consists of several partial orders which the Jenoptik division received between June and August this year.

August 10, 2016

Pentagon Eyes US Iron Dome To Defend Forward-Based Forces

Defense News: Israel’s state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon, its US partner for Iron Dome production, are working to

August 10, 2016

Branson joins command as operations officer

Redstone Rocket: When a new operations officer takes over, the style may change but all things necessary to operate and

August 9, 2016

MDA orders ballistic missile targets

UPI: DULLES, Va., Aug. 9 — Medium-range ballistic target rockets are to be supplied to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency