Missile Defense News

November 24, 2015

Japan Mulls Thaad Missile Defense System Amid North Korea Threat

Bloomberg Business: Japan is considering deployment of the U.S.’s Thaad ballistic missile defense system to counter any potential strike from

November 24, 2015

Delivery of S-300 air defence systems to Tehran begins – ambassador

RT: The delivery of Russian S-300 anti-missile rocket systems to Iran has started, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said in an

November 24, 2015

Defences tightened as £178bn to be spent on Armed Forces in fear of jihadi missile attack

Express: The missiles can be used to deliver payloads from conventional explosives through to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Now

November 24, 2015

Japan’s defense minister meeting military leaders in Hawaii

Military Times: HONOLULU — Japan’s defense minister has arrived in Hawaii to meet senior U.S. military officials this week. Defense Minister Gen

November 24, 2015

Elbit Systems conducts Airbus missile defense trial

Globes: Amid growing concern that terrorists will attempt to shoot down a passenger jet, Israeli defense electronics developer Elbit Systems

November 23, 2015

India Tests Supersonic Advanced Air Defense Missile

The Diplomat: On Sunday, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) tested an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile: the Advanced

November 23, 2015

Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) Begins to Take Shape

Defense Update: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Raytheon have completed the first Program Planning Review on the future

November 23, 2015

Thales sub-contracted for NATO BMD test activities

UPI: PARIS, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Thales is to perform test and integration support activities to help validate NATO’s Ballistic

November 23, 2015

TFT and joint teammates make THAAD missile movement history

DVIDS: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – As members of Task Force Talon, the Guam-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense-centric

November 23, 2015

US Army and Raytheon conduct flight test of PDB-8 configured Patriot system

Army-Technology: The US Army and Raytheon have successfully completed a flight test of the Post-Deployment Build 8 (PDB-8)-configured Patriot integrated

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