Missile Defense News

November 10, 2016

South Korea says Trump pledged commitment to its defense

Reuters: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pledged his commitment to defending South Korea under an existing security alliance during a phone

November 10, 2016

Russia Speeds Up Strategic Missile Upgrade

Defense Talk: Russia’s Makeyev State Missile Center recently released the first image of the new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile

November 9, 2016

South Korea ruling party says U.S. missile defense to go ahead

Reuters: The deployment in South Korea of the U.S. military’s THAAD system, designed to counter North Korea’s missile threat, will

November 8, 2016

Moscow, Ankara to discuss deploying air defense systems to Turkey

Daily Sabah: Russia and Turkey are planning to convene to set an intergovernmental military-technical cooperation commission before the end of

November 8, 2016

Pentagon on THAAD deployment: ‘We want to do this as quickly as possible’

Business Insider: The powerful missile defense system that has North Korea, China, and Russia spooked is expected to make its

November 8, 2016

Huge NATO land army to meet Russian aggression

UA Position: Hundreds of thousands of NATO troops will be put on a higher state of alert amid growing tensions

November 8, 2016

Wes Kremer: Raytheon Could Update Germany’s Patriot Missile Defense System Within a Year

Executive Biz: A Raytheon official has said the company could perform updates to Germany’s Patriot missile defense system within a year and for less

November 7, 2016

North Korea’s Kim Blasts Obama

U.S. News: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is said to be plotting an “Election Day spectacular” — another missile launch. South

November 7, 2016

Air Defense Artillery Transfer of Authority Ceremony

DVIDS: The U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment relinquished authority for the Counter Rocket, Artillery and

November 7, 2016

Russian warplanes keep buzzing the Baltics. Here’s how NATO scrambles.

The Washington Post: On a recent night at this air base where NATO fighter pilots keep a constant vigil against