Missile Defense News

August 1, 2017

NHK video casts doubt on North Korean ICBM re-entry capabilities and effectiveness

Japan Times: Video captured Friday of North Korea’s latest test of a powerful long-range missile appears to show the weapon’s

July 31, 2017

Image analysis reveals North Korea may have planned to send first ICBM test much closer to Japan

Japan Times: What does a barely readable map on the desk of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a

July 31, 2017

Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension with US rises

Dawn: TEHRAN: A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions,

July 28, 2017

North Korea fires another missile, its latest step toward putting the U.S. within reach

The Washington Post: TOKYO — North Korea has taken another step toward achieving its stated goal of being able to

July 28, 2017

U.S. general: North Korea ICBM threat advancing faster than expected

Reuters: WASHINGTON – U.S. General Mark Milley, the chief of staff of the Army, said on Thursday that North Korea’s

July 28, 2017

U.S. calls Iranian satellite launch ‘provocative’

The Washington Post: The State Department said Thursday that Iran’s launch of a space satellite was a “provocative action” that

July 27, 2017

U.S. blames operator for missile defense test failure

Honolulu Star Advertiser: A sailor’s computer input error on the Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS John Paul Jones apparently caused an

July 27, 2017

Hyten Outlines STRATCOM Overhaul; Nukes Sooner For F-35?

Breaking Defense: OMAHA: Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten today confirmed, more than two months after news first broke of

July 27, 2017

North Korea Tested an ICBM. Iran Is Next.

Tablet: Earlier this month, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable (ICBM), capable of reaching Alaska. It is believed

July 27, 2017

North Korea reveals never-before seen images of missile program

CNN: Following the successful launch of their first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 4, the Hwasong-14, North Korea threw