Missile Defense News

October 5, 2020

Turkey’s Russian Missile Defense System Drove Pompeo to Greece

The National Herald:   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to visit Greece was reportedly cemented when Turkey used

October 5, 2020

The Army is officially adding missile-hauling Strykers to its arsenal

Task & Purpose:   After years in the making, the Army is officially ordering a new batch of missile-hauling Stryker

October 5, 2020

117th Space Battalion shifts to 100th Missile Defense Brigade to optimize mission

DVIDS:   Effective Oct. 1, two of the more unique Army National Guard units aligned, as the 100th Missile Defense

October 2, 2020

Japan’s missile defense options

NHK World:   Japan‘s Defense Ministry has submitted a record budget request for the next fiscal year. It wants about

October 2, 2020

Rockets strike Iraqi base where US troops are located, US defense official says

CNN:   Six rockets landed near Erbil International Airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region, in northern Iraq, on Wednesday, according

October 2, 2020

Russia’s combat helicopters to be armed with suicide drones — source

TASS – Russian News Agency:   A modular cluster of unguided aviation missiles, developed by the research center Zaslon (Screen)

October 2, 2020

What an ‘October surprise’ from North Korea might actually look like

Atlantic Council:   On January 1, North Korea’s ruling-party newspaper published the results of a meeting with ominous implications. Chairman

October 2, 2020

Unusual Submarine Likely To Increase Threat From North Korea

NavalNews:   The world’s only operational conventionally-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSB) may soon emerge in North Korea. The Romeo-Mod submarine,

October 2, 2020

MDA and Army see successful Patriot and THAAD test after failure

DefenseNews:   After a failed test in February, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Army successfully intercepted a target

October 2, 2020

General Dynamics gets $1.2 billion to build short-range air defense systems for US Army

DefenseNews:   General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $1.2 billion contract, at the close of the fiscal, year to

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