Missile Defense News

March 20, 2019

Anti-ICBM test planned with new US-Japan missile

NHK World: The US Defense Department plans to test the feasibility of using a new interceptor missile that it jointly

March 20, 2019

Israel, US intercept long-range missiles during joint drill

Star Tribune – Israel and the U.S. have successfully intercepted a series of medium to long-range ballistic missiles in a

March 19, 2019

David’s Sling missile defense system passes key trial, ministry says

Times of Israel: Israel’s midrange missile interceptor, David’s Sling, managed to thwart a series of threats, passing a key test

March 19, 2019

The Pentagon Wants to Test a Space-Based ‘Particle Beam’ by 2023

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to test a directed energy weapon in space, one that it hopes will someday

March 19, 2019

South Korea-based Short Range Air Defense Battery Integrates Counter-UAS into Core Competencies

DVIDS: Amid the looming threat of surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), 8th Army recently validated the reception, staging, onward

March 19, 2019

Russia deploys more S-400 air defense missiles in Kaliningrad enclave

Army Recognition – Russia has deployed another regimental set of the S-400 Triumph air defense missiles in its westernmost exclave

March 19, 2019

Future Destroyer Named for Medal Of Honor Recipient William Charette

USNI News: The future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer William Charette (DDG-130) will honor a hospital corpsman awarded the Medal of Honor

March 19, 2019

Russia’s Kazan submarine to fire hypersonic missile first time in 2020

TASS: MOSCOW, March 19. /TASS/. Russia’s multirole nuclear-powered submarine The Kazan (project 885M) will launch a hypersonic missile Tsirkon for

March 19, 2019

Bolton: China Is One Reason US ‘Looking at Strengthening National Missile Defense’

The Diplomat: The U.S. advisor to the president on national security affairs, John Bolton, has been a mainstay on American

March 19, 2019

U.S. says Iran missile programme destabilising Middle East

Reuters: GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior U.S. arms control official said on Tuesday that Iran’s missile programme is destabilising the

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