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March 26, 2020

Iran Strike Indications Rise For Israel, US Forces In Middle East

Breaking Defense TEL AVIV: As the COVID-19 virus hammers Iran, killing senior government officials and at least several thousand citizens,

March 26, 2020

China’s rising prominence in the global defense industry

Modern Diplomacy China has long been perceived as a problematic arms exporter, meaning that it has historically supplied weapons to

March 25, 2020

Russia’s Modernization Programs for Strategic Nuclear Bombers

RealClear Defense Putin’s Russia has been modernizing its strategic nuclear bomber strike capability for two decades. Initially, this involved upgrading

March 25, 2020

Lockheed Wins $933M To Build THAADs For US, Saudi Arabia

Defense World Lockheed Martin has won a $932.8 million contract for the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

March 25, 2020

New Army Technology Can Track & Destroy Maneuvering Cruise Missiles

Warrior Maven (Washington, D.C.) Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds

March 25, 2020

US Army to soon wrap up early testing of short-range air defense system

DefenseNews WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will wrap up developmental testing of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system by June,

March 24, 2020

USS Roosevelt Leaves for Homeport Shift to Spain

USNI News Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) started a planned homeport shift to Rota, Spain from Mayport, Fla., over the

March 24, 2020

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs

USNI News The Navy began procuring Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers, also known as Aegis destroyers, in FY1985, and a

March 24, 2020

An Increasingly Aggressive Iran Warrants New Emphasis on Missile, Rocket Defense

RealClearDefense On March 11, about 30 rockets rained down on Taji Air Base in central Iraq, killing two American troops

March 23, 2020

U.S. Navy Cruiser USS Shiloh Launches SM-2 Missile During Live-Fire Exercise

DefPost The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) has launched a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) telemetry surface-to-air

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