Missile Defense News

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

December 22, 2017

Advanced S-400 air defense missile systems enter combat duty in Russian Far East

TASS: MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The crews of the latest S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems assumed combat duty in

December 22, 2017

$4.6B for missile defense, damaged Navy ships included in stopgap spending bill

The Hill: The stopgap spending measure passed by the House on Thursday includes slightly more than $4.6 billion for missile

December 21, 2017

U.S. House unveils new stop-gap funding bill to avert shutdown

Thomson Reuters Foundation News: WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday advanced legislation to keep

December 21, 2017

DDG-51 Flight III Design Efforts Nearly Complete; Radar, Power Systems Testing in 2018

USNI News: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program office has completed 3D modeling of its Flight III