Missile Defense News

February 13, 2023

Chinese team nearly doubles boron engine efficiency in boon for military and civilian hypersonic flights: paper

SCMP: Military researchers in southern China have significantly increased the efficiency of an air-breathing engine that uses solid state fuel

February 13, 2023

Senior US delegation in Riyadh shows commitment to region: Official

Alarabiya News: Senior US officials from the Biden administration are set to take part in security meetings this week in

February 13, 2023

Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal

The Guardian: Iran has used boats and a state-owned airline to smuggle new types of advanced long-range armed drones to

February 13, 2023

NORAD gives notice of air defense exercise around Washington, DC, set for Tuesday

Fox News: The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will conduct an air defense exercise on Tuesday, February 14,

February 13, 2023

China Ready to Down Object Flying Near Naval Base: Paper

Bloomberg: China is getting ready to take down an unidentified object flying over waters near the port city of Qingdao,

February 13, 2023

What’s Going On Up There? Theories but No Answers in Shootdowns of Mystery Craft.

The New York Times: Pentagon and intelligence officials are trying to make sense of three unidentified flying objects over Alaska,

February 13, 2023

Romania says Russian missile flew over Moldova just outside NATO airspace

The Washington Post: A Russian missile fired at Ukraine crossed over Moldova on Friday morning and came within 22 miles

February 10, 2023

Why America’s Air Defense Network Failed to Detect the Chinese Spy Balloons

Time: Since the earliest days of the Cold War, the U.S. military has been monitoring the skies over North America,

February 10, 2023

Canada Expediting Purchase of Air Defense Systems, Anti-Tank Weapons

The Defense Post: The Canadian military is expediting the acquisition of sophisticated air defense and anti-tank weapon systems for its

February 10, 2023

Pentagon Plans Dynamic Drone Swarms to Penetrate Enemy Defenses

The Defense Post: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sought proposals for a counter-anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) drone swarm