Missile Defense News

January 16, 2017

THAAD is Becoming a South Korean Election Issue

VOA News: SEOUL —  A deepening partisan divide over the deployment of the controversial U.S. THAAD missile defense system is

January 16, 2017

Russia to upgrade its naval, air bases in Syria: Interfax

Reuters: Russia plans to improve and expand its naval and air bases in Syria, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday,

January 16, 2017

Air Defense: Taiwan Upgrades Its Heat Seeker SAMs

Strategy Page: The United States has agreed to spend $23 million to provide new components for many of the several

January 16, 2017

Bliss air defense HQ busy with two new missions

El Paso Times: The headquarters for Fort Bliss’ air defense artillery brigade is tackling two critically important missions. Headquarters and Headquarters

January 16, 2017

South Korea says securing THAAD location could be delayed

Reuters: The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea

January 16, 2017

Military Deploys Radar to Monitor N. Korean Missile

Military.com: The Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) Radar acquires, tracks and discriminates the flight characteristics of ballistic missiles. The Sea-Based X-Band Radar

January 13, 2017

Japan defense minister visiting Guam

Kuam: Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is scheduled to arrive in Guam Thursday evening for a two day trip to

January 13, 2017

Russia boosts anti-missile shield over Crimea with S-400 system

RT: A new battery of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missiles has been fully deployed in Russia’s Crimea after five months of

January 13, 2017

Iran Approved to Import Additional 130 Tons of Uranium

ABC: The U.S. and five other world powers have approved Iran importing as much as 130 tons of uranium, Iran’s

January 13, 2017

China, Russia agree on more ‘countermeasures’ against U.S. anti-missile system: Xinhua

Reuters: China and Russia have agreed to take further unspecified “countermeasures” in response to a U.S. plan to deploy an

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