Missile Defense News

June 24, 2016

Kuwait upgrades its air and missile defense

PR Newswire: The State of Kuwait will soon be able to better protect its cities and key infrastructure against ballistic

June 24, 2016

UNSC strongly condemns DPRK’s ballistic missile launches

UN News Centre: The Security Council today strongly condemned the ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of

June 24, 2016

North Korea Heralds Ballistic Missile Test Progress

Wall Street Journal: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the first significant test of a new ballistic missile, a

June 24, 2016

Carter: N. Korea launch shows need for robust Pacific missile defense

Stars and Stripes: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Wednesday that North Korea’s launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile shows

June 23, 2016

Iranian navy announces 20 military drills over coming months

The Times of Israel: The Iranian Navy announced this week that it will conduct 20 military drills over the next

June 23, 2016

N. Korea claims missile test was a success

Stars and Stripes: North Korea’s leader claimed success Thursday in a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, boasting that it

June 23, 2016

Japan probes suspected North Korean rocket nose cone amid growing missile concerns

Reuters: Japan on Thursday began to examine the suspected nose cone of a North Korean rocket that washed up on

June 23, 2016

S. Korea set to hold top commanders’ meeting over N. Korea missile

Yonhap: South Korea is set to convene a meeting of top commanders on Thursday to check the country’s readiness to

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

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