Missile Defense News

March 23, 2023

North Korea fires cruise missiles as allies stage drills

AP North Korea launched cruise missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, three days after the North

March 23, 2023

Japan moves missile capable troops into remote island base as regional tensions rise

CNN Japan has moved hundreds of troops, including missile units, into a new base built on a remote island near

March 23, 2023

Navy will extend service life of destroyer Arleigh Burke

Defense News After decades of service, the guided-missile destroyer Arleigh Burke — the first of its class — appeared likely

March 22, 2023

Only 7 NATO members hit alliance’s 2 percent GDP defense spending target in 2022

Breaking Defense: Just seven of NATO’s 30 member states met its 2 percent GDP defense spending target in 2022, figures

March 22, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Explosions Rock Russian-Occupied Crimea

The Drive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claims that Russian Kalibr missiles were destroyed during transport in the town of

March 22, 2023

Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes

SFGate: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday defended his decision to allow a larger United States military presence in the

March 22, 2023

US imposes sanctions on firms, people procuring equipment for Iranian drones

Fox News: The United States said Tuesday it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Iranian firms and people

March 22, 2023

Space Force wants to trim missile warning satellite program

Defense News: The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2024 budget proposes cutting one of five satellites from its Next-Generation Overhead Persistent

March 22, 2023

Russia to modernize Moscow’s air defense systems

Al Arabiya: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Wednesday plans to modernize anti-missile defense systems in the capital Moscow, after

March 22, 2023

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Reuters: Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been deployed to Paramushir,

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