Missile Defense News

April 12, 2019

Putin: Russia’s ICBM Sarmat in final testing phase

TASS: MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. The heavy intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat is in the final testing phase. The hypersonic system

April 11, 2019

Boeing to Upgrade U.S. Missile Defense System

Engineering.com – The U.S. Department of Defense is hiring Boeing to expand and improve its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) anti-ballistic

April 11, 2019

Aegis Ashore missile defence system in Romania undergoes scheduled update

NATO – NATO’s Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defence site in Romania will undergo a long-planned update this summer. This update,

April 11, 2019

Hyten: Hypersonic missile defense satellites a job for the Space Development Agency

Space News – Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command and nominated to be the next vice chairman of

April 10, 2019

Russia announces missile drill outside air base in Northern Norway

The Barents Observer -While Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Tuesday had her first visit to Russia in five years,

April 10, 2019

Iran still planning three satellite launches this year, despite ramped up U.S. pressure: minister

Reuters – Iran said on Tuesday it would press ahead with the launch of three satellites into orbit this year

April 10, 2019

US State Department Approves Sale of 56 Supersonic SM-3 Block IB Missiles to Japan

The Diplomat – The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible sale of 56 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missiles for

April 10, 2019

Shanahan: China Is Deploying Directed Energy Weapons

Breaking Defense – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on April 9 bluntly asserted that China’s PLA is “deploying directed energy

April 10, 2019

Shanahan Touts Unity in Space-Force Pitch, But Disagreements Clearly Remain

Government Executive – This was supposed to be a week in which Pentagon leaders would “share our thinking and lay

April 9, 2019

Rep. Mike Turner on why he’s softened on Space Force, and the importance of an East Coast missile defense site

Defense News — With new nuclear and missile defense policy to oversee, as well as the sweeping overhaul of the

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