Missile Defense News

October 4, 2016

North Korean missile advances expose Japan in two-decade arms race

Reuters: Successful rocket tests have propelled North Korea ahead in a two-decade long arms race with Japan, leaving Tokyo unsure

October 4, 2016

Turkey Tests Missile Defense System to Blunt IS Attacks

VOA News: Turkey is in the final stages of a developing a new missile defense system to prevent rocket attacks

October 3, 2016

US expert says North Korean KN-11 missiles would neutralize THAAD

The Hankyoreh: MIT professor Theodore Postol says instead of THAAD, South Korea could prepare an alternative system “While it is

October 3, 2016

Aerospace suppliers eye possible missile defense project at Fort Custer

MiBiz: BATTLE CREEK — Concerns over national security could spark wider access to a $100 billion industry for West Michigan

October 3, 2016

North Korea building massive new ballistic missile submarine for nuclear strikes

Sputnik: Satellite footage suggests that the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Un has begun development of a massive new submarine

October 3, 2016

Raytheon’s latest missile-killer hits distance record

Tucson.com: A naval missile made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems destroyed a missile target in the longest surface-to-air intercept of

October 3, 2016

Raytheon to upgrade mobile ballistic missile defense radar with more powerful circuits

Washington Business Journal: Raytheon’s Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) is the latest in a long line of company radar systems

October 3, 2016

THAAD battery from Texas to be deployed in Seongju: sources

The Korea Herald: The U.S. military is expected to move one of its operational Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

October 3, 2016

China paper says U.S., South Korea will ‘pay the price’ for planned missile system

Reuters: The United States and South Korea are destined to “pay the price” for their decision to deploy an advanced

September 30, 2016

THAAD’s new home will be golf course in South Korean mountains

Stars and Stripes: An 18-hole golf course in the mountains above a southeastern farming area will be the new home

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