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April 16, 2024

Pentagon Slows And Adapts Long-Range Hypersonic Defense Plan

Aviation Week The U.S. will take even longer to field a purpose-built, long-range hypersonic defense system expected by the 2030s,

April 16, 2024

Israel’s military options for next stage of conflict with Iran

MSN Israel’s war cabinet held heated discussions on Monday as ministers debated how to respond to the unprecedented Iranian missile and drone

April 16, 2024

Ukraine says it ‘ran out of missiles’ to stop Russian strike ruining power station

Reuters A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power

April 16, 2024

Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow: Israel’s air defense against Iran, explained

The Washington Post When Iran launched a five-hour barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles toward Israel, the country’s

April 16, 2024

Lockheed wins US missile defense contract worth $17 billion

Reuters  Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab has won a $17 billion contract to develop the next generation of interceptors to defend

April 15, 2024

SM-3 Ballistic Missile Interceptor Used for First Time in Combat, Officials Confirm

USNI News For the first time in combat, guided-missile destroyers fired missiles developed to intercept ballistic missiles during the U.S.

April 15, 2024

Combat debut? US Navy’s SM-3 rumored to have struck Iran’s missiles

Interesting Engineering Raytheon’s (an RTX subsidiary) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), a missile defense interceptor, may have made its combat debut during the recent

April 15, 2024

Defense Dept. Officials Testify on Pres. Biden’s 2025 Missile Defense Budget

C-SPAN Defense Department and military officials testified on President Biden’s 2025 missile defense programs budget request during a public hearing before

April 15, 2024

MDA launches missile defense battle management upgrade with $847M order to Lockheed Martin

Breaking Defense The Missile Defense Agency began its next round of battle network upgrades with a bang, issuing three task orders worth

April 15, 2024

U.S. Warships in Eastern Mediterranean Down Iranian Ballistic Missiles

USNI News USS Carney (DDG-64) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) shot down between four and six Iranian-launched ballistic missiles, a senior military official told