Missile Defense News

January 14, 2020

New Radar System Gives Navy Longer Reach As Threats Get Faster, Smaller, More Numerous

Breaking Defense: In the coming weeks, the Navy is slated to unveil a new plan for what ships plans to

January 14, 2020

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests

The Drive: Israel says that an upgraded version of its combat-proven Iron Dome defense system successfully knocked down all of the simulated

January 14, 2020

Japan defense chief Taro Kono tours Aegis missile defense test site in Hawaii

The Japan Times: Defense Minister Taro Kono on Monday visited a test complex of a U.S.-developed land-based missile defense system

January 14, 2020

PHOTOS: Aftermath of Iranian ballistic missile attack on US-Iraqi base

Washington Examiner: As American forces work to clean up the base in Iraq that was attacked by Iranian ballistic missile

January 13, 2020

Iraq Considers Purchase of Russian Air-Defense Missile System

Wall Street Journal Members of the Iraqi parliament said the country was considering the purchase of a Russian air-defense system

January 13, 2020

Hawaii Air National Guard to create Space Force squadron

AirForce Times HONOLULU — The Hawaii Air National Guard will start selecting candidates in April for one of four space

January 13, 2020

Iran’s attack on U.S. forces exposes Pentagon’s challenges in stopping ballistic missiles

Washington Post For more than an hour, the missiles knifed in with a whoosh, explosions bursting in the night sky.

January 10, 2020

What is a ballistic missile and why is Iran using them against the U.S.?

Fox23 News: Iran’s revenge for the killing of a top military official came early Wednesday as the country launched ballistic

January 10, 2020

Explainer: Missile system suspected of bringing down airliner: short range, fast and deadly

Reuters: Canada said on Thursday that a surface-to-air missile brought down a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran, while the Ukrainian government

January 10, 2020

Irán probablemente derribó el avión de Ucrania con misiles, dice Trudeau de Canadá

Monitor De Oriente: Un avión ucraniano que se estrelló en Irán, en el que 176 personas a bordo murieron, probablemente

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