Missile Defense News

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

January 16, 2017

THAAD is Becoming a South Korean Election Issue

VOA News: SEOUL —  A deepening partisan divide over the deployment of the controversial U.S. THAAD missile defense system is

January 16, 2017

Air Defense: Taiwan Upgrades Its Heat Seeker SAMs

Strategy Page: The United States has agreed to spend $23 million to provide new components for many of the several

January 16, 2017

Bliss air defense HQ busy with two new missions

El Paso Times: The headquarters for Fort Bliss’ air defense artillery brigade is tackling two critically important missions. Headquarters and Headquarters

January 16, 2017

South Korea says securing THAAD location could be delayed

Reuters: The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea

January 13, 2017

Japan defense minister visiting Guam

Kuam: Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is scheduled to arrive in Guam Thursday evening for a two day trip to

January 12, 2017

War In Europe? Norway Considers Joining NATO Missile Defense System Amid Russia Tensions

International Business Times: Norway may offer its military resources to NATO’s missile defense system across Europe, the system created to

January 11, 2017

Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 approved for international sale

UPI: The U.S. Department of Defense has cleared Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 for sale to various international customers. The Standard Missile-6, or