Missile Defense News

June 1, 2017

Increasingly sophisticated test plans for US homeland missile defense system on horizon

Defense News: WASHINGTON — On the heels of a successful intercept test of its homeland missile defense system against an

June 1, 2017

Pentagon successfully tested its missile defense system yesterday, but is it worth the cost?

KPCC: The test is a major milestone for the U.S.’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and program as it marks

June 1, 2017

U.S. Missile Intercept a Success. Now What?

CBN News: Defense officials are taking a victory lap after successfully shooting down a mock ballistic missile over the Pacific

June 1, 2017

North Korea Says It Is Ready for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Tests

Latin American Herald Tribune: SEOUL – North Korea said on Wednesday it is ready to test launch intercontinental ballistic missiles

June 1, 2017

Raytheon Is Readying a Massive Upgrade to the Patriot Missile Defense System

The National Interest: Raytheon is bragging that its new 360-degree gallium nitride-based (GaN) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for

June 1, 2017

Thornberry: House to ‘double down’ on missile defense

Washington Examiner: The House will “double-down” on missile defense in the upcoming budget following a successful intercept of a dummy

May 31, 2017

Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria

AP News: MOSCOW (AP) – Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State

May 31, 2017

New Threats: Pentagon Revs Up Missile Defense for 2018

Scout.com: With missile threats dominating the headlines, missile defense, modernization and posture continue to anchor strategic funding for the United

May 31, 2017

Pentagon successfully tests ICBM defense system for first time

Reuters: The U.S. military on Tuesday cheered a successful, first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental

May 30, 2017

North Korea fires Scud-class ballistic missile, Japan protests

Reuters: North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile on Monday that landed in the sea off its east

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