Threat News

June 10, 2020

Missile hits near US base in Baghdad international airport, no casualties

Alarabiya A missile landed in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport on Monday, the Iraqi military said. The military said

June 10, 2020

Shipbuilders to deliver latest cruise missile corvette to Russian Navy by year-end

Tass The Project 21631 small missile ship Graivoron armed with Kalibr cruise missiles will be delivered to the Black Sea

June 9, 2020

Russian Navy missile cruiser to strike enemy surface ships in Arctic drills

Tass The missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov has deployed to the Barents Sea to practice delivering strikes against a notional enemy’s

June 9, 2020

S-400, Pantsir air defense systems repel enemy missile strikes in Baltic Fleet drills

Tass The Baltic Fleet kicked off drills for repelling a notional enemy’s air and missile strikes against military facilities located

June 8, 2020

China’s hypersonic cruise missile sees technological breakthrough: reports

Global Times A top Chinese science institute recently made record-breaking progress in a scramjet program which Chinese media speculate could

June 4, 2020

A Stray Missile Killed 19 Iranian Sailors—Possibly While Testing A New Seeker

Forbes On May 12, an errant Iranian navy anti-ship missile struck a navy support ship during a test, killing 19 sailors. The

June 3, 2020

Ex-USFK commander worries N. Korea will soon launch ballistic missile submarine

Yonhap News A former commander of U.S. Forces Korea expressed worry Tuesday that North Korea will soon launch a new

June 3, 2020

Putin signs Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy

AP News President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use atomic weapons in

June 1, 2020

US Africa Command: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region

Military Times U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday

June 1, 2020

China’s missile and space tech is creating a defensive bubble difficult to penetrate

Defense News The U.S. Navy is facing growing asymmetric threats, not least of which is from China, and more specifically