Missile Defense News

July 25, 2018

How Advanced are Russia’s Hypersonic Weapons?

Newsweek: Russian authorities arrested 74-year-old scientist Viktor Kudryavtsev on Monday for allegedly leaking secret information about Russia’s hypersonic weapons technology

July 25, 2018

Russia’s Nuclear Tsunami Apocalypse Torpedo is Named ‘Poseidon’

Popular Mechanics: Russia’s dreaded nuclear torpedo, designed to nuke entire coastal cities into oblivion and trigger tsunamis, has been sighted

July 25, 2018

Iran-backed Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Tanker Off Yemen Coast

Haaretz: Yemen’s Houthi movement attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing slight damage, the Western-backed Arab coalition

July 25, 2018

How Israel’s Breakthrough Missile-Defense System Came to Be

Mosaic Magazine: On July 13 and 14, over 200 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel from Gaza, one of

July 25, 2018

Lawmakers say NDAA provisions combat Russian, Chinese threats

Stars and Stripes: WASHINGTON — Senate and House lawmakers behind a compromise of the defense policy plan unveiled Monday said

July 25, 2018

US-Australia alliance ‘rock solid’, Mike Pompeo says

The Guardian: The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and the defense secretary, James Mattis, have described the US-Australian alliance

July 25, 2018

Russia’s Borei-class lead missile-carrying nuclear sub to undergo repairs

TASS: MOSCOW, July 25. /TASS/. The Project 955 first nuclear-powered submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is set to undergo medium repairs, Zvyozdochka

July 25, 2018

US Defense Bill May ‘Permit’ India to Purchase S-400 Missile Air Defense Systems From Russia

The Diplomat: The final version of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a compromise between the House and Senate

July 24, 2018

Australian Air Force’s New Sub-Hunting Plane Fires First Harpoon Missile

The Diplomat: A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fired its first ATM-84J Harpoon medium-range

July 24, 2018

U.S., European allies map out larger role for F-35 fighter

ABS CBN News: FARNBOROUGH, England – Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet is arriving in growing numbers in Europe, and is