Missile Defense News

July 1, 2021

Why Congress should provide reliable funding for directed-energy capabilities

Defense News: On June 8, the U.S. Army took the unusual step of asking Congress to allow it to slow the pace

June 30, 2021

Russian Navy ships hold missile and artillery firings in Pacific drills

TASS Russian News Agency: A group of the Russian Pacific Fleet’s ships held missile and artillery firings in the Pacific,

June 30, 2021

INDO-PACOM Used Ground-based Aegis Combat System Prototype to Target Missile Threats, Surface Targets

USNI News: Last year, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command quietly packed the combat system from a guided-missile destroyer into about the size

June 30, 2021

MDA Director Sees New Space Investment

Breaking Defense: Space is becoming ever-more important for detecting and tracking “evolved” threats from both ballistic and hypersonic cruise missiles, Vice

June 30, 2021

Did Russia Test Hypersonic Missile From Syria? Israel May Know

Breaking Defense: Israel appears to have monitored Russia’s air force testing a Kinzhal hypersonic missile over the Mediterranean last week. Israeli sensors

June 29, 2021

India says it successfully test-fired next-gen nuclear ballistic missile

Defence Blog: The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation, better known as DRDO, announced that it successfully test-fired the Agni

June 29, 2021

Has China Deployed Its ‘Most-Powerful’ S-400 Missile Defense System Near The ‘Disputed’ India-China Border?

The EurAsian Times: China has reportedly deployed the Russian S-400 missile defense systems near the LAC thus fortifying the border

June 29, 2021

Russia Tests Air-Defense Systems In Occupied Crimea Amid Multinational Black Sea Drills

Radio Free Europe: Russia has tested its air-defense systems in occupied Crimea as multinational military drills co-hosted by Ukraine and

June 29, 2021

Japan to use radar intended for land in new Aegis ships

The Japan Times: The Defense Ministry plans to use U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp.’s SPY-7 radar system for its

June 28, 2021

Russia test launches new intercontinental ballistic missile

Daily Sabah: The latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed and owned by Russia was successfully test-launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome

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