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April 17, 2024

Mideast missile duels have cost US Navy nearly $1B, secretary says

Defense One The U.S. Navy is nearly $1 billion in the hole after defending Israel from Iranian missiles last weekend

April 17, 2024

U.S. Patriot Missile Defense System In Iraqi Kurdistan Is Well-Placed

Forbes Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack targeting Israel over the weekend revealed the United States has deployed a MIM-104

April 17, 2024

Ukraine Ops Reveal ‘Backwards’ U.S. Approach To Missile Defense

Aviation Week Ukraine’s air and missile defense architecture shows that the U.S. approach is “backwards,” with the most expensive interceptors

April 17, 2024

Drone-and-Missile Warfare Tests Supply-Strapped Defense Systems

The Wall Street Journal The near-complete defeat of Iran’s drone-and-missile barrage against Israel on Saturday marked a success for air-defense systems, but

April 16, 2024

Out of INF, Army deploys Typhon weapon to the Philippines

Breaking Defense Soldiers with the US Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployed to the Philippines with a new long-range weapon exceeding

April 16, 2024

The Lessons of Israeli Missile Defense

The Wall Street Journal The performance of Israeli air defenses, combined with assistance from U.S. jets and interceptors, saved countless

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

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