Missile Defense News

July 21, 2016

Will Russia and China Build an SCO-Based Joint Missile Defense System?

SPUTNIK: On Monday, experts in Moscow and Beijing spoke via video conference on the implications for regional security of the US deployment of missile defense systems

July 21, 2016

35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade validates air missile defense readiness in the ROK

DVIDS: In a monumental first, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, executed an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, validating the unit’s ability

July 21, 2016

Russia to show S-500 at Army 2016 international forum

TASS: The promising Russian-made S-500 air defense missile system will be unveiled at the Army 2016 international military and technical

July 21, 2016

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Reports on Russian Military Modernization

The Jamestown Foundation: In the fourth year of leading the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu has demonstrated a unique

July 21, 2016

Poland Plans To Spend $21B on Drones, Helos, Air Defense, Subs

Defense News: The Polish Ministry of Defense aims  to spend at least 83 billion zloty (US $21 billion) on acquisitions of

July 21, 2016

Orbital ATK Wins $182 Million For Medium Range Ballistic Missile Target System

Defense World Net: Orbital ATK has been awarded a $182 million contract for the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Type 3

July 21, 2016

South Korean President Defends Missile Defense Plan

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is defending her decision to deploy a U.S.-built missile defense system on the country’s southeastern

July 21, 2016

State Dept. approves $821 million SM-2 missile sale to Japan

UPI: The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $821 million sale of SM-2 Block IIIB Standard Missiles to Japan.

July 20, 2016

Iran threatens to re-open enrichment facilities after UN report

Tehran Times: The Iranian parliament speaker asked the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Wednesday to prepare a plan

July 20, 2016

Yemen’s Houthis fire missile to strike Saudi base in reprisal

Yemen’s Houthi forces said Wednesday they fired a ballistic missile on a Saudi border guards base in retaliation for airstrikes