Missile Defense News

September 16, 2020

Iran claims longer range submarine missile

Iran has developed a longer-range version of its Jask-2 submarine-launched anti-ship missile, according to Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the commander

September 16, 2020

Nuclear arms agreements impossible without factoring in U.S. missile defense — Russian security head

Multilateral agreements on nuclear weapons are impossible without factoring in the U.S. missile defense system’s potential, Russian Security Council Secretary

September 16, 2020

US Space Force confirms Space Based Infrared System detected missile attack in January

The U.S. Space Force confirmed that its Space Based Infrared System satellites were used to detect more than a dozen

September 15, 2020

NK unlikely to test submarine missile to mark anniversary: defense minister nominee

South Korea’s nominee for defense minister, Gen. Suh Wook, said on Monday that North Korea is unlikely to test a

September 15, 2020

Mysterious Drone Incursions Have Occurred Over U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam

The intruding craft were described as “quadcopter-like” vehicles with bright spotlights, that flew from over the water and then across

September 14, 2020

Iran Deploys Submarine, Cruise Missile in Exercises Near Sensitive Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian navy on Friday deployed homegrown military equipment, including a submarine and a cruise missile, on the second day

September 14, 2020

UK ‘could face threat of Russian nuclear-powered missile that can fly around the Earth for years’

Lt Gen Hockenhull said that Russia is “pushing the boundaries of science and international treaties”, and that a nuclear-powered missile

September 14, 2020

Tehran reveals ‘strength’ of new long-range missiles

Tehran is very concerned about the way its position is being eroded in the region, even as it uses Houthi

September 11, 2020

The Army’s Big, Dumb Guns Aren’t Dumb Anymore (and Now They Can Shoot Down Planes)

A reader-friendly appraisal by Popular Mechanics:   According to Air Force magazine, the Paladin fired a new hypersonic Mach 5

September 11, 2020

Japan’s Abe Urges Stronger Defenses to Face Missiles

Japan must strengthen its ballistic missile defenses, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday — a potentially controversial proposition given

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