Missile Defense News

August 12, 2024

Australia Tests Advanced SM-6 Naval Air Defence Missile for First Time

US News The Australian government said on Saturday it had for the first time test-fired a Raytheon SM-6 missile from

August 12, 2024

Iranian Guards navy has new highly explosive missiles, state media say

Reuters The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that its navy has new cruise missiles equipped with highly explosive warheads

August 8, 2024

Report to Congress on Hypersonic Weapons

USNI News The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at

August 8, 2024

Counter-drone missile competition possible in 2025, Army officials say

Defense News The U.S. Army is considering holding a competition in fiscal 2025 for a next-generation interceptor to take out

August 8, 2024

Ukraine says it downed two Russian missiles and four drones overnight

The Economic Times Ukraine’s air force said on Thursday that it shot down two out of four missiles and all

August 8, 2024

UK’s new space radar can detect football-sized threats 22,000 miles away

Interesting Engineering Plans to establish a network of advanced radars to monitor deep space activity are moving forward in Pembrokeshire,

August 7, 2024

US Army working on new missile defense strategy with eye toward 2040

Defense News The U.S. Army is planning to release a refreshed missile defense strategy focused on needs in the 2040

August 7, 2024

America Isn’t Ready for the Wars of the Future

Foreign Affairs On the battlefields of Ukraine, the future of war is quickly becoming its present. Thousands of drones fill

August 7, 2024

Germany to receive $480 million worth of Patriot missiles to backfill Ukraine aid

The Kyiv Independent The U.S. defense contractor Raytheon was granted a $478-million contract by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency

August 7, 2024

18 Chinese aircraft cross into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone

The Economic Times Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that 21 Chinese military aircraft were detected including J-16 and

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