Missile Defense News

February 11, 2016

MDA Request Preserves Priorities, Targets Laser Tech Development

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency’s fiscal 2017 budget request of $7.5 billion preserves priorities it set last

February 11, 2016

North Korea satellite not transmitting, but rocket payload a concern: U.S.

Reuters: A satellite put into orbit by North Korea at the weekend does not appear to be transmitting, but it

February 11, 2016

The Navy’s Air Defense Missile Will Become a Supersonic Ship Killer

Popular Mechanics: Back in 2014, the guided missile-carrying destroyer USS John Paul Jones made history. During a live fire missile tests,

February 10, 2016

North Korea has restarted plutonium reactor: US

Yahoo: North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could fuel a nuclear bomb and is seeking missile technology that

February 10, 2016

Nuclear, Ballistic Missiles Programs: Experts

International Business Times: North Korea continues to evade United Nations sanctions, using flights, ships and the international financial system to

February 10, 2016

North Korea Nuclear Effort Seen as a Top Threat to the U.S.

New York Times: The national intelligence director, James R. Clapper, warned Tuesday that North Korea had expanded its production of

February 10, 2016

Experts Urge Upgrades to U.S. Missile Defense

Real Clear Politics: Amid growing concerns about missile warfare, panelists at a breakfast hosted by RealClearPolitics on Tuesday discussed the

February 10, 2016

Brookes: China useless against North Korea’s missile mania

Boston Herald: Last month, Asia’s nonstop nuisance, North Korea, went “nuclear” with an atomic test; this month, it went “ballistic”

February 10, 2016

Moscow Warns US over Missile System Deployment to South Korea

Tasnim News Agency: Moscow on Wednesday warned that Washington’s deployment of a US missile defense system to South Korea could

February 10, 2016

Iran to upgrade missiles, get Russian defense system: minister

Reuters: Iran will unveil an upgrade of its Emad ballistic missiles this year, the defense minister was quoted as saying,

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