Missile Defense News

July 18, 2016

CIA director says THAAD deployment is U.S. obligation

The Korea Herald: The decision to place the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea was taken as part of

July 18, 2016

Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum Completes At-Sea Demonstration 2016

DVIDS: PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Kaua’i – The Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum completed the live-fire phase of At-Sea Demonstration

July 18, 2016

South Korea, Japan, & The U.S. agree on deployment of THAAD missile defense in South Korea, but differ slightly on South China Sea

The Hankyoreh: Senior diplomats from South Korea, the US and Japan met in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 14 and promised

July 18, 2016

Lockheed Martin Will Pursue New Army Missile Defense Sensor

PRNewswire: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is responding to a U.S. Army request for a Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense

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