Missile Defense News

January 16, 2018

Trudeau may be uniquely positioned to finally sign Canada on to ballistic missile defence

CBC News: This week, Canada is hosting a summit in Vancouver on the growing geopolitical threat of North Korea. U.S.

January 16, 2018

Raytheon Unit Wins $642M Deal for Ballistic Missile Test

Yahoo Finance: Raytheon Company’s RTN Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business segment recently secured a contract worth $641.6 million to perform

January 12, 2018

Japanese minister hopes to boost Aegis missile defense capability

Asian Review: Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Wednesday after inspecting a test complex for the land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense

January 12, 2018

Saudi Arabia air defense units intercept ballistic missile fired by Houthi militia on Najran

Arab News: Royal Saudi Arabia Air Defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern province of Najran, bordering Yemen,

January 12, 2018

Tillerson to attend North Korea talks in Canada – U.S. State Department

Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will attend a meeting of international foreign ministers in Canada next week to

January 12, 2018

German air-defense frigate ‘Hessen’ deploying to US for drills with US carrier strike group

Naval Today: German Navy’s F124 air-defense frigate FGS Hessen will be joining a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group off

January 11, 2018

Lockheed Enhances Capability of Its Aegis Missile-Defense System

US News: Lockheed Martin Corp said on Thursday it had connected key components of its new long-range discrimination radar (LRDR)

January 11, 2018

India may revive canceled $500 million deal for Israeli missiles

The Times of Israel: India is considering the possibility of reviving a $500 million anti-tank missile deal with Israel’s Rafael

January 11, 2018

This Russian Navy Live Fire Is a Fireworks Display of Weaponry

Popular Mechanics: Russia’s Ministry of Defence posted a New Years video of the Northern Fleet conducting a live fire exercise.

January 11, 2018

China has test-fired DF-11 short-range ballistic missile

Army Recognition: On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, the PLA (Chinese People’s Liberation Army) Daily released test-fire images and video footage