Missile Defense News

October 8, 2020

Space Force gets its first vice chief of space operations

C4ISRNET:   Gen. David “DT” Thompson is officially the U.S. Space Force’s first vice chief of space operations, following a

October 8, 2020

Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate eliminates enemy warship with cruise missiles in drills

TASS Russian News Agency:   The Black Sea Fleet’s frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired Kalibr cruise missiles to eliminate a notional

October 8, 2020

2nd Armenian missile attack prevented in Azerbaijan’s Yevlakh

Daily Sabah:   Azerbaijan’s defense system on Wednesday prevented Armenia’s second missile attack on the city of Yevlakh. Armenian forces

October 8, 2020

SMDC team launches another successful target

The United States Army:   The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command low-cost target team supports missile defense during

October 8, 2020

Senators push for Turkey sanctions after reports Ankara used Russian system to detect US-made jets

TheHill:   A bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the Trump administration to sanction Turkey, amid reports that it is

October 7, 2020

MDA sets up homeland cruise missile defense shop; U.S., Canada considering ways to reduce blind spots

InsideDefense.com:   The Missile Defense Agency is laying the groundwork for a new Ballistic Missile Defense System layer to defend

October 7, 2020

Pakistan and China are reportedly building new missile sites along western border

Business Insider India:   Pakistan is setting up surface-to-air missile sites, with the help of China, in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK),

October 7, 2020

Work on Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missile continued for over 30 years — designer

TASS Russian News Agency:   The Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (now part of Tactical Missiles Corporation) started work

October 7, 2020

Armenia uses Tochka-U tactical missiles against Azerbaijan’s troops

Defence Blog:   Videos and pictures on social media, from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, show that Armenia has employed

October 7, 2020

Report: Azerbaijan fires LORA missile made by IAI

Israel Defense:   Azerbaijan is one of the customers that purchased the LORA missile made by Israel Aerospace Industries. According

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