Missile Defense News

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

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