Missile Defense News

May 9, 2023

Australian Navy Taps Rheinmetall for Anti-Ship Missile Defense System 

The Defense Post: The Royal Australian Navy has awarded Rheinmetall a 125-million euro ($138 million) contract to deliver anti-ship missile

May 9, 2023

Iran Tests Thermobaric Warhead-Equipped Rocket

Caspian News: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ground Force “successfully” tested a domestically manufactured ‘Fajr-5’ artillery rocket system with

May 8, 2023

Ukraine Claims It Shot Russia’s Most Sophisticated Missile For First Time

New York Times: The downing of a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile by a Patriot missile, confirmed by three senior U.S.

May 8, 2023

THAAD: How The U.S. Military Would Kill Russian Or Chinese Missiles

19FortyFive: Defending against incoming ballistic missiles requires a layered and integrated approach involving surveillance, air attack, and ultimately ground-fired interceptors. It is

May 8, 2023

Russia attacks Ukraine with huge drone swarm ahead of Victory Day holiday

Reuters: Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on Monday, the eve of Russia’s May 9

May 8, 2023

U.S. Sixth Fleet And STRIKFORNATO Kick Off FORMIDABLE SHIELD 2023

Naval News: Formidable Shield demonstrates allied interoperability in a live-fire joint and combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) environment,

May 8, 2023

Russia hits Ukraine with huge barrage of Iranian-made drones

POLITICO: Russia hammered Ukraine with a new barrage of missiles and drones in the early hours of Monday morning, as

May 8, 2023

US urges Gulf allies to bolster anti-Iran ‘drone fleet’

The Cradle Co: US navy officials are attempting to convince their remaining allies in West Asia to “add dozens more robot vessels around the

May 5, 2023

Report to Congress on Hypersonic Missile Defense

USNI News: The following is the May 2, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for

May 5, 2023

Russian navy approaches NATO air- and missile defence exercise outside Northern Norway

The Barents Observer: More than 20 warships, 35 aircraft and eight onshore units take part as 13 NATO Allied and

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