Missile Defense News

January 5, 2018

Michigan Congressional delegation pushes Battle Creek for new missile defense project

Battle Creek Enquirer: The Michigan congressional delegation is again urging the defense department to select Battle Creek for a missile

January 4, 2018

India Cancels $500 Million Missile Deal With Israel’s Rafael

Bloomberg: Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has confirmed the Indian government canceled a missile contract worth nearly $500 million

January 4, 2018

Russia’s Northern Fleet conducts 213 missile firing drills in 2017

TASS: SEVEROMORSK, January 4. /TASS/. The Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet conducted 213 missile firing drills in 2017, including two with

January 4, 2018

Missile Defense Must Prioritize Homeland Defense

The Hill: The Trump administration and the Congress responded to North Korea’s ballistic missile tests by increasing the original missile

January 4, 2018

India’s Advanced Air Defense Interceptor Destroys Incoming Ballistic Missile in Test

The Diplomat: India has successfully test fired its indigenously designed and built Advanced Air Defense (AAD)/ Ashvin Advanced Defense interceptor

January 4, 2018

China Reportedly Tests New DF-17 Hypersonic Weapon

Popular Mechanics: China tested a new missile that incorporates a hypersonic weapon system, an unnamed U.S. intelligence source told The

January 4, 2018

India-Russia Missile Air Defense Deal Still Delayed

The Diplomat: India and Russia have still not concluded a final contract for the procurement of four to five regiments

January 4, 2018

China’s New Killer Drone Can Fire Eight Kinds of Missiles and Drop Dozens of Bombs, Report Claims

Newsweek: China’s new killer drone has reportedly set a record after hitting five targets with five separate types of missiles,

December 22, 2017

Spending bill allocates $200M for Fort Greely interceptors

KTOO Public Media: Congress passed a short-term spending bill today that includes one longer-term project for Alaska: the bill allocates

December 22, 2017

Japan Cabinet OKs record $46 bln defense budget

AP News: TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday approved Japan’s biggest 5.19 trillion yen ($46 billion) defense