Missile Defense News

May 26, 2015

Senate committee leaders increase budget for new MD program

Yonhap News: WASHINGTON, May 25 (Yonhap) — Leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee have added US$20 million to

May 22, 2015

Gov’t concludes Thaad is best option for Korea

JoongAng Daily: The South Korean government has concluded that an advanced but controversial U.S.-built anti-ballistic missile defense system is the

May 22, 2015

Peters pens support for missile defense at Fort Custer

Battle Creek Enquirer: U.S. Sen. Gary Peters has urged the Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency to select Fort Custer

May 22, 2015

GMD system is top US missile defence priority, but cruise missiles ascend

IHS Jane’s 360: The Pentagon is honing its missile defence priorities and protecting the homeland with the Ground-based Midcourse Defense

May 20, 2015

Missile Defense and the U.S. Response to the North Korean Ballistic Missile and WMD Threat

Department of State: Frank A. Rose Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS) Introduction

May 20, 2015

No Decision Yet on East Coast Missile Defense Site, Winnefeld Says

Department of Defense: WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015 – The Defense Department has not made a decision on the establishment of

May 20, 2015

Ukraine Open to Hosting Missile-Defense System

ABC News: Ukraine is open to considering proposals to place a ballistic missile-defense system on its territory to ward off

May 20, 2015

NATO’s missile defense capability set for modernization

UPI: NATO’s missile command-and-control system is to be modernized by ThalesRaytheonSystems under a contract worth more than $105 million. The

May 18, 2015

House Paves the Way for Japan to Buy Aegis Ashore; Adds Anti-Air Warfare to European Sites

USNI News: The National Defense Authorization Act passed on Friday by the House of Representatives includes measures to improve the capability

May 15, 2015

Missile shield for Gulf to take years, and heavy U.S. commitment

Reuters: May 15 A U.S.-supplied missile shield to protect Gulf nations against Iranian attacks will take years to complete, requiring