Missile Defense News

March 22, 2019

The Navy may scrap a half-dozen of its largest surface combatants

Task and Purpose: The U.S. Navy is proposing soon to decommission six of its 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The 1980s-vintage ships,

March 22, 2019

Russian Navy to accept latest Tsirkon hypersonic missile for service in 2023 — source

TASS: MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The Russian Navy expects to accept the latest Tsirkon hypersonic missile for service and deploy

March 22, 2019

Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov to be handed over to Russian Navy in December

TASS: KUBINKA /MOSCOW REGION/, March 20. /TASS/. The second (first-serial produced) Project 22350 frigate Admiral Kasatonov is expected to be

March 22, 2019

Russia moves 20 hypersonic missiles to testing site, signaling another milestone for the weapons program

CNBC: WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 Russian missiles that the U.S. is currently unable to defend against were recently moved to

March 22, 2019

Navy Ready to ‘Burn the Boats’ with 2021 Laser Installation on a Destroyer

USNI News: WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the next two years, the Navy wants to deploy a laser aboard a guided-missile

March 21, 2019

With an eye to China and Russia, the US Navy plans a lethal upgrade to its destroyers

Navy Times -Facing ever-faster missiles and increasingly complicated air threats from China and Russia, the Navy is moving toward a

March 21, 2019

Resurrected Roving Sands exercise reinforces air-defense training at Fort Bliss

Fort Bliss may be the home of the 1st Armored Division, but it still has a major air-defense presence and

March 21, 2019

Pentagon wants Hellfire missiles and small-diameter bombs for future war

A lesser-recognized proposed budget increase can be seen with two key munitions — the Hellfire Missile and Small Diameter Bomb

March 21, 2019

Is the Pentagon moving quickly enough on hypersonic defense?

Defense News: WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon looks to catch up with China and Russia in the hypersonic arms race,

March 20, 2019

Russia rearms strategic missile forces

Army Recognition – The Russian military in six years accepted into service 217 strategic ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu

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