Missile Defense News

October 27, 2016

Russia reportedly tests nuclear-capable hypersonic glider warhead

Russia Today: Russian strategic missile troops reportedly launched an RS-18 ballistic missile on Tuesday. The launch may have been a

October 27, 2016

N. Korea’s failed missile tests could have involved KN-08: U.S. expert

Yonhap: North Korea’s two failed missile tests earlier this month could have involved the KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile capable of

October 27, 2016

North Korea nuclear: US, Japan, South Korea agree to increase pressure

BBC: South Korea, Japan and the US have agreed to work together to increase pressure on North Korea to give

October 27, 2016

Russia, India Deepen Friendship Over Missiles and Submarines

The Washington Post: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have sought to correct a decade-long decline

October 27, 2016

Russia’s New Thermo-nuclear Missile ‘Satan-2’ To Enter Production By 2018

DefenseWorld.net: The Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau had declassified the first image of its new nuclear missile called the RS-28 Sarmat,

October 27, 2016

Senator Heitkamp Overseas

High Plains Reader: As North Korea closes in on its nuclear capabilities, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp participated in an official

October 27, 2016

Exercises help NATO fill gaps in air and missile defenses: general

Reuters: Short-notice military exercises and forthcoming deployments will help NATO fill gaps in its air and missile defenses as it

October 26, 2016

Denuclearizing North Korea a ‘lost cause,’ US intel chief says

Defence Talk: Efforts to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear program and “denuclearize” the Korean Peninsula are bound

October 26, 2016

Raytheon, Diehl get $28M for work on RAM missile systems

NavalToday.com The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $28 million contract for the production of

October 26, 2016

Russia beefs up Baltic Fleet amid NATO tensions: reports

Reuters: Russia is sharply upgrading the firepower of its Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad by adding warships armed with long-range cruise

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