Missile Defense News

August 6, 2015

Michigan Returns to the Pacific Northwest

Navy: The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) returned home to the Pacific Northwest Aug. 1, following a 20-month

August 6, 2015

Sea Launch of Russian Bulava Missile From Nuclear Sub by Year End

Sputnik International: The sea launch of a Bulava ballistic missile will be made by Russia’s strategic nuclear submarine Vladimir Monomakh by the end

August 5, 2015

Latvia To Acquire US Stingers, Boost Air Defense

Defense News: Latvia’s top military chief, Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, announced plans to acquire Stinger anti-aircraft missiles from the US.

August 5, 2015

Lockheed locks down US Army JAGM development contract

Defense News: Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) won the company a $66.3 million development contract to eventually replace the

August 5, 2015

News Release: UAE AN/AAQ(V) Directional Infrared Countermeasure Systems

Defense Security Cooperation Agency: The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United

August 4, 2015

US Navy plans to upgrade powerful railguns, laser weapons on ships by 2020

International Business Times: The Navy has already demonstrated the 30-kilowatt Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, carried by an old transport

August 4, 2015

Kuwait hosts GCC ant-ballistic missile defense meeting

KUNA: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) team tasked with establishing a regional ballistic missile defense started its 13th meeting here

August 4, 2015

Raytheon SM-6 intercepts ballistic missile target in key test

Reuters: Raytheon Co’s Standard Missile-6 intercepted and destroyed a short-range ballistic missile off the coast of Hawaii last week, the

August 3, 2015

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Successful Series of Intercept Flight Test Events

Missile Defense Agency: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS John Paul

August 3, 2015

BMD in final stages of development

The Hindu: India’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system is in the final stages of development and deployment, Scientific Advisor to

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