Missile Defense News

December 16, 2020

Air Force in Europe seeks defense against Chinese drones and Russian cruise missiles

Stars and Stripes:   The U.S. Air Force wants help defending military bases in Europe from hypothetical attacks by Chinese

December 16, 2020

Russia’s first Sarmat ICBM to enter combat duty in 2022

TASS Russian News Agency:   The first Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which can penetrate any existing missile defense, will

December 15, 2020

DARPA okays Blue Canyon’s satellites for Blackjack program

SpaceNews:   Small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies has been cleared to produce its first two satellites for the Defense

December 15, 2020

Report estimates Chinese nuclear stockpile at 350 warheads

Defense News:   A paper published by the Chicago, Illinois-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has estimated that China has

December 15, 2020

India’s Advanced Missile Defense Shield: Implications For Contemporary South Asian Security Environment – OpEd

Eurasia Review:   Over the last few years, India has been carrying out an overwhelming and offensive military modernization program.

December 15, 2020

Russian missile drill triggers false alarm at US military base in Germany

CNN Politics:   A Russian military exercise triggered an unusual warning at a critical U.S. military base in Germany, on

December 15, 2020

US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over purchase of Russian missile defense system

Navy Times:   The Trump administration, on Monday, imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a

December 14, 2020

Deliveries of PAC-3 air-defence systems to RoKAF completed

Janes.com:   South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced, on 12 December, that deliveries of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)

December 14, 2020

Russian Project 20385 Gremyashchy corvette completes state trials

Navy Recognition:   The corvette will be made operational with the Navy after all of its mechanisms and systems are

December 14, 2020

Hungary to purchase Israeli Iron Dome radars

Israel Defense:   The Hungarian media reported, over the weekend, that the commander of the Hungarian Armed Forces, Ferenc Korom,

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