Missile Defense News

June 23, 2016

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un claims new missile can strike US targets in Pacific

The Guardian: Kim Jong-un has boasted of North Korea’s “sure capability” to strike US targets in the Pacific after his

June 23, 2016

Russia seen putting new nuclear-capable missiles along NATO border by 2019

Reuters: Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019, casting the move

June 23, 2016

N. Korea Test Shows Need for Better Defenses, Pentagon Chief Says

Voice of America: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that he didn’t know whether North Korea’s latest missile test

June 23, 2016

Long Live JLENS? NORTHCOM Scrambles to Address Cruise Missile Defense Gap

Defense News: The tethered aerostat designed to defend against cruise missiles is slated to be killed by Congress in fiscal 2017

June 22, 2016

Ballistic missile intercepted in Yemen

Space Daily: A ballistic missile fired early Tuesday towards the central Yemeni city of Marib has been intercepted, a Saudi-led

June 22, 2016

Tension over missile defense funding further complicates Obama’s legacy on Israel

Jewish News Service: Since taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been

June 22, 2016

North Korea missile reaches new heights, ‘intensifying’ threat to Japan

Reuters: North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile on Wednesday to a high altitude in the direction

June 22, 2016

Russia successfully test-fires anti-ballistic missile

RT: The Russian Air Force has test-fired a domestically built short-range anti-ballistic missile to verify its performance. The system is

June 22, 2016

AN/SPY-6 array delivered to Pacific Missile Range Facility

CHIPS KAUAI, Hawaii – The U.S. Navy installed a new AN/SPY-6 radar at the Advanced Radar Development Evaluation Laboratory (ARDEL)

June 22, 2016

North Korea fires two missiles, South Korea says

CNN: North Korea fired two missiles Wednesday morning from its eastern coast, according to South Korean and U.S. officials. Both

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