Missile Defense News

June 15, 2016

U.S. Senate OKs amendment requiring annual missile defense tests

NewsMiner: A military budget bill with a requirement for increased missile interceptor tests passed the U.S. Senate Tuesday. U.S. Sen.

June 15, 2016

France and Italy Team Up for Aster 30 Missile

UPI: PARIS, June 14 (UPI) — Italy is teaming with France on the development of the Aster 30 Block 1

June 14, 2016

NATO chief welcomes Italy’s deployment of missile defense system in Turkey

The Daily Sabah: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday welcomed Italy’s announcement on deploying its SAMP/T missile defense system in

June 14, 2016

MDA announces GMD EIS public meetings in Michigan

Inside Defense: The Missile Defense Agency today announced plans to hold a pair of public, open-house meetings on June 21

June 13, 2016

India to test fire Prahaar

Kolkata 24×7 News: Days after India cleared the hurdles for its entry into the elite Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),

June 13, 2016

Russia Claims The YU-74 can penetrate any Missile Defense

Sputnik: Russia’s new Yu-74 ultra-maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles may become yet another response to the deployment of NATO’s missile installations

June 13, 2016

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency Will Test-Fire its New Larger SM-3IIA Interceptor Missile in Space

Scout.com: The Missile Defense Agency and Raytheon plan to fire a new SM-3 missile variant into space to destroy an

June 13, 2016

Baltic States, Poland Discuss Regional Antiaircraft Missile Shield

Radio Free Europe: The Baltic states and Poland have reportedly launched discussions with defense contractors about the creation of a

June 13, 2016

Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal will significantly increase over next decade

The Nation: two bordering, rival countries are increasing their capacities: India is beefing up its nuclear-capable ballistic missile program and

June 10, 2016

Army Lasers Will Soon Destroy Enemy Mortars, Artillery, Drones and Cruise Missiles

Scout Warrior: The Army is planning to deploy laser weapons able to protect Forward Operating Bases (FOB) by rapidly incinerating

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