Missile Defense News

August 1, 2017

North Korean aggression proves need for anti-missile system, Pentagon says

The Washington Times: North Korea’s recent tests of long-range, nuclear-capable missiles, which could potentially hit targets as far away as

August 1, 2017

Capacity, interoperability still plague European missile defense

Defense News: BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria – The United States and its allies in Europe don’t have enough missile defense

August 1, 2017

U.S. ‘ready’ to install more THAAD launchers: Pentagon

Yonhap News Agency: WASHINGTON, July 31 (Yonhap) — The United States is ready to deploy the remaining parts of an

August 1, 2017

NHK video casts doubt on North Korean ICBM re-entry capabilities and effectiveness

Japan Times: Video captured Friday of North Korea’s latest test of a powerful long-range missile appears to show the weapon’s

July 31, 2017

Image analysis reveals North Korea may have planned to send first ICBM test much closer to Japan

Japan Times: What does a barely readable map on the desk of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a

July 31, 2017

Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension with US rises

Dawn: TEHRAN: A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions,

July 28, 2017

North Korea fires another missile, its latest step toward putting the U.S. within reach

The Washington Post: TOKYO — North Korea has taken another step toward achieving its stated goal of being able to

July 28, 2017

U.S. general: North Korea ICBM threat advancing faster than expected

Reuters: WASHINGTON – U.S. General Mark Milley, the chief of staff of the Army, said on Thursday that North Korea’s

July 28, 2017

U.S. calls Iranian satellite launch ‘provocative’

The Washington Post: The State Department said Thursday that Iran’s launch of a space satellite was a “provocative action” that

July 27, 2017

U.S. blames operator for missile defense test failure

Honolulu Star Advertiser: A sailor’s computer input error on the Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS John Paul Jones apparently caused an

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