Missile Defense News

July 14, 2016

U.S. missile defense system to be placed in South Korea farm town

Military Times: SEOUL, South Korea — An advanced U.S. missile defense system will be deployed in a rural farming town

July 14, 2016

US Navy’s Cruise Missile Killer Fires 4,500 Rounds Per Minute, and it’s being upgraded

The National Interest: The U.S. Navy is pursuing a massive, fleet-wide upgrade of a shipboard defensive weapon designed to intercept

July 13, 2016

Raytheon Touts Patriot Anti-Missile Performance in Yemen War

FARNBOROUGH, England — Raytheon has claimed a Patriot anti-missile system used by Saudi Arabia has had a “100 percent success rate” in

July 13, 2016

The US Is Setting Up a Missile Shield in South Korea

Motherboard The Korean missile war is heating up. Ever since the United States and North Korea agreed to an armistice

July 12, 2016

South Korean defence minister: “THAAD is capable of intercepting North Korea’s SLBMs”

Janes360: South Korean defence minister Han Min-koo said the US Army’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, an advanced air

July 12, 2016

Minjoo Party divided over THAAD deployment

The Korea Herald: South Korea’s main opposition party is grappling with internal division on its approach to the government’s decision

July 12, 2016

Camp Ravenna being considered as missile defense site

Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center is under consideration as a possible site for the East Coast Missile Defense System.

July 12, 2016

THAAD likely to be deployed in Seongju county

YonHap News: South Korea and the United States are likely to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to Seongju

July 11, 2016

THAAD deployment decided as part of ‘self-defense’ efforts

Korea Time: The recent decision by South Korea and the United States to deploy an advanced anti-missile defense system on

July 11, 2016

German ministry sees possible delay in signing missile defense contract

Rueters: LONDON (Reuters) – Germany may not finish negotiations with Europe’s MBDA and Lockheed Martin Corp on the MEADS missile