Missile Defense News

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

October 1, 2020

USS Donald Cook Completes Availability Ahead of Schedule

NAVSEA:   The Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC), detachment Rota, recently completed a Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) for USS

October 1, 2020

Armenia uses Tochka-U tactical missiles in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan says

TASS – Russian News Agency:   The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan claimed on Wednesday that the Armenian forces used

October 1, 2020

US State Department green lights Patriot missile sale to Switzerland

Army Technology:   The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of the Patriot missile system

October 1, 2020

Air defense system Tor-M2 to get special small missile against drones

TASS – Russian News Agency:   A small-size missile for the air defense system Tor-M2 is being created in Russia,

October 1, 2020

India moves terrain-hugging Nirbhay missiles with 1,000-km range to defend LAC

Hindustan Times:   India will formally induct the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile into the Indian Army and Navy after the

October 1, 2020

Russia Rebuffs Trump’s Arms-Control Proposal

The Wall Street Journal:   Russia’s top arms-control negotiator has rejected the Trump administration’s core requirements for a new nuclear

October 1, 2020

Rear Admiral Khanzadi: We’re moving from subsonic to supersonic missiles

Tehran Times:   In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Thursday, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi elaborated

October 1, 2020

North Korea prepares to flex its muscle at military parade

Deutsche Welle:   On October 10, thousands of North Korean soldiers will goose step through Pyongyang, and columns of tanks

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