Missile Defense News

June 28, 2016

North Korea says entire army ‘waiting’ for instructions

UPI: North Korea said its military is “only waiting for the command to launch,” less than a week after test-firing

June 28, 2016

Test launch of new missile likely tomorrow

Economic Times: India is likely to test launch a newly-developed surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel from a defence base

June 27, 2016

US eyes Israeli short-range missile interceptor for Europe defence

Reuters: The United States has tested the short-range interceptor missile used by Israel’s Iron Dome system with a view to

June 27, 2016

S. Korea, US, & Japan to Conduct 1st Missile Warning Drill on Tuesday

KBS World Radio: South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will jointly hold, for the first time, a missile defense exercise

June 27, 2016

Taiwan to test-fire missile system in US

PressTV: A defense source said Monday that Taiwan will carry out the test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system in July

June 27, 2016

China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin slam US missile shields

South China Morning Post: China and Russia criticized the United States and its ­allies for “unilateral deployment of anti-missile systems

June 27, 2016

U.S. Drones to Play Bigger Role in Missile Defense

The Chosunilbo: State-of-the-art U.S. drones will practice detecting North Korean missiles in a South Korea-U.S.-Japan drill in waters near Hawaii

June 27, 2016

Russia to deploy Iskander missiles in Europe’s backyard to counter NATO

Ukraine Today: Russia is increasing its military presence near its neighbours’ borders. According to the country’s official and former Black

June 27, 2016

Raytheon wins $523.4 million contract to upgrade Kuwait’s Patriot missile defense systems

The Washington Business Journal: Raytheon Co. won a $523.4 million contract Thursday to modernize Kuwait’s Patriot missile defense systems as

June 27, 2016

PMRF could be home to missile defense

The Garden Island: Three Kauai legislators said they support the possibility of converting the island’s missile testing facility into a

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