Missile Defense News

August 23, 2019

US formally pulls Turkey’s Patriot missile system offer

CNN: The Trump administration has formally withdrawn its offer for Turkey to purchase a Patriot missile system in retaliation for

August 22, 2019

Russia’s Northern Fleet beefs up Arctic air defense with Tor missile systems

TASS: MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. A battalion of Arctic Tor-M2DT surface-to-air missiles systems making part of the Northern Fleet’s motor

August 22, 2019

Russia, China seek U.N. Security Council meeting on U.S. missile developments

Reuters: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over

August 22, 2019

North Korea now able to miniaturise nuclear warheads – Japan defence report

The Guardian: Japan’s government will reportedly state that North Korea is capable of miniaturising nuclear warheads in a forthcoming defence

August 22, 2019

Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defense system

Reuters: Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile in June. It says

August 22, 2019

Yemen Rebel Group Claims It Shot Down U.S. Drone With a Missile

TIME: (CAIRO) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed they shot down a U.S. drone over the country’s north, as a leading

August 22, 2019

Putin Pledges Russian Response to U.S. Cruise Missile Test

USNI News: Russia pledged a response to a Sunday test of a U.S. ground-based cruise missile the Pentagon conducted two

August 21, 2019

DOD tanks redesigned kill vehicle program for homeland defense interceptor

Defense news: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has moved from taking a “strategic pause” on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program

August 21, 2019

USS Ramage deploys to provide ballistic missile defense for U.S. Navy fleet

Defence Blog: The U.S. Navy has announced that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) deployed from Naval Station

August 21, 2019

Russia’s New Weapons: From Doomsday Nuclear Torpedoes to Skyfall Missiles

The National Interest: The incident itself had immediate and drastic effects: five dead and a spike in radiation that was

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