Missile Defense News

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

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