Missile Defense News

July 13, 2017

Report: Iran Building Long-Range Ballistic Missiles in Syria

Free Beacon: Iran is said to be building new long-range ballistic missiles at a Syrian weapons factory identified by the

July 13, 2017

South Korea’s THAAD missile shield could be ‘overwhelmed’ by swarm-like attack from North

CNBC: The successful interception test over the Pacific this week of a ballistic missile target using the Terminal High Altitude

July 13, 2017

Japanese missile-defense unit to train at Yokota, local media say

Stars and Stripes: YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A Japanese Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor will deploy next month to

July 13, 2017

US Experts Dispute Russia’s Claim That North Korea’s New Missile Not an ICBM

VOA News: WASHINGTON — Russia’s assessment of North Korea’s latest missile launch puzzles many U.S. experts, who say the Kremlin

July 12, 2017

Russia Won’t Be Happy: State Department Approves Missile Defense Sale To Romania

Newsweek: The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $3.9 billion missile defense sale to Romania, in a move likely

July 12, 2017

North Korean ICBM ‘likely’ to be able to strike San Diego with two years, analysis says

The Japan Times: North Korea’s new long-range ballistic missile will “likely” be able to strike targets on the U.S. West

July 11, 2017

STRATCOM chief: US must speed weapons tests to counter North Korea

Stars and Stripes: STUTTGART, Germany — The United States is moving too slowly in response to North Korea’s rapidly improving

July 11, 2017

US says missile defense system successfully intercepts projectile during test

CNN: A United States-built missile defense system on Tuesday successfully intercepted its target during a test run, the US Missile

July 11, 2017

Congressional delegation at odds with experts on defending Hawaii

Stars and Stripes Okinawa: HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) — Hawaii is now within reach of North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles

July 11, 2017

Kim Jong-un promotes head of North Korea’s missile agency after ICBM test ‘success’

Express: Jang Chang-ha, the communist state’s new colonel general was reportedly rewarded for helping Pyongyang’s missile development agency refine the

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