Missile Defense News

March 31, 2017

Navy Successfully Conducts First SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar BMD Test

Seapower Magazine: The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a flight test March 15 with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar

March 31, 2017

US Missile Defense Agency aims for high-power laser tests in 2021

IHS Jane’s 360: The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is eyeing two possible laser solutions for boost phase missile intercepts

March 31, 2017

Poland expects to ink $7.6 billion deal for Patriot systems by end-2017

Reuters: Poland expects to sign a deal worth up to $7.6 billion with U.S. firm Raytheon to buy eight Patriot

March 30, 2017

Nuke Testing 101: What to expect from North Korea

The Japan Times: Let us say you are North Korea and you have this nuclear device you really want to

March 30, 2017

US Navy to christen first Flight IIA Technology Insertion destroyer

Navaltoday.com: The U.S. Navy announced it would christen its newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), on

March 30, 2017

Navy, MDA Experimenting With Laser Prototypes For Surface Warfare, Ballistic Missile Defense

USNI: The Navy and Missile Defense Agency are leveraging prototyping programs to incrementally pursue complex ideas such as a laser

March 30, 2017

Japan mulls more aggressive military stance as North Korean threat looms

CNN: Japan is considering a further step away from its long-held pacifist stance with a proposal which would allow it,

March 29, 2017

Australia modernizes Anzac-class frigate

United Press International: The final Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy getting missile defense and other upgrades is back

March 29, 2017

Israel Navy’s Sa’ar 6 Corvettes To Be Equipped With Additional Iron Dome Missile System

Defense World: The Israeli Navy has considered to include more “Iron Dome” missile launchers on its Sa’ar 6 missile ships

March 29, 2017

Lockheed Martin Wins $286M Worth Contracts For US, UAE THAAD Missile System

Defenseworld.net: Lockheed Martin has been awarded two contracts worth $286 million from the US Missile Defense Agency for THAAD missile

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