Missile Defense News

October 19, 2020

Rumored PLA deployment of DF-17 hypersonic missiles near Taiwan Straits could deter US meddling in China’s internal affairs: analysts

Global Times:   The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed its most advanced hypersonic missile, the DF-17, to the

October 19, 2020

Watch the Army’s new missile-hauling Stryker in action

Task & Purpose:   A defense contractor has released new footage of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system,

October 19, 2020

Troops in Urals test-launch S-400 air defense systems after rearmament

TASS Russian News Agency:   The teams of S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile systems that arrived for the Urals air defense

October 19, 2020

Brutal Chinese Weapon Launches Swarm of Explosive Suicide Drones

Futurism:   The China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology (CAEIT) has released a video of a test involving an

October 16, 2020

Missile from Karabakh hit Iran’s East Azerbaijan province: State media

Daily Sabah:   Missiles fired by the opposing sides in the Armenian-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh hit Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, south of

October 16, 2020

Japan leans toward ship-based missile defense

NHK WORLD-JAPAN:   NHK has learned that Japan’s Defense Ministry will mainly look into using ships, in its study of

October 16, 2020

Aerojet Rocketdyne produces 5,000th rocket flight motor for Stinger missile

MagnoliaReporter.com:   Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the 5,000th solid rocket flight motor for the Stinger missile system from its Solid

October 16, 2020

Hypersonic defense; Leonardo’s Lynn; Quad-A in person?; and more…

Defense One:   Amid the efforts by the U.S. military and its potential adversaries to develop hypersonic weapons, an increasing

October 15, 2020

Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Returns to South China Sea for Third Time of 2020 Deployment

DVIDS:   The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group has returned to the South China Sea for the third time of

October 15, 2020

Turkey clears way to test Russian S-400 defense system this week

Ekathimerini.com:   Turkey has issued notices restricting air space and waters off its Black Sea coast, to allow firing tests,