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Tokyo: North Korea aims to 'break through' Japan's missile defense zone
Aug 28, 2019 (UPI)
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday the missile that flew in an easterly direction from North Korea's coast, facing Japan, was a "new model," Y...
US approves $3.3bn sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, which are designed to be fired by the ship-board Aegis system to intercept incoming ballis...
Saudi intercepts six Yemen rebel missiles: coalition
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
The missiles fired by the Iran-aligned Huthis targeted civilians in Jizan, the coalition said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency. No dam...
Iran unveils home-grown missile defence system
Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)
Iranian officials have previously called Bavar-373 the Islamic republic's first domestically produced long-range missile defence system. Tehran began making Bav...
Pentagon axes troubled $1 bn contract for missile defense
Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)
The Defense Department said it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system called the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. The program was being led by ...
Lockheed nets $80M contract for Aegis system upgrades
Aug 16, 2019 (UPI)
The new contract modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, calls for Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems division to cover the pro...
Bahrain signs agreement for Patriot missile system
Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. government will now work with Raytheon to finalize the number of systems and missiles to be sold to Bahrain under the foreign military sale, the compan...
NATO completes Aegis defense system upgrade in Romania
Aug 09, 2019 (UPI)
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, temporarily deployed to Romania's Deveselu air base while the upgrades were made, will be dismantled and deployed ...
Israel, US successfully test ballistic missile interceptor
Jul 28, 2019 (AFP)
The tests of the Arrow-3 system were carried out in the US state of Alaska and it successfully intercepted targets above the atmosphere, Israel's defence minist...
What do dragonflies teach us about missile defense?
Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)
Then, as the dinosaur-era predator claws into you with its spiny legs and drags you into its jaws midair, you might wonder to yourself, "How did it catch me wit...
Erdogan says Russian S-400 operational by April 2020
Jul 26, 2019 (AFP)
"In the coming spring, God willing in April 2020, we will be able to start using this system," he told a gathering of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in...
Lockheed awarded $1.4B contract for Saudi THAAD system
Jul 22, 2019 (UPI)
The system is part of a series of much larger defense equipment deals reached by the United States and Saudi Arabia in the last two years that have far surpasse...
China tested new anti-ballistic missile in South China Sea
Jul 19, 2019 (UPI)
Adm. Philip Davidson told the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday that six missiles fired into the South China Sea included a new, submarine-launched anti-ship bal...
Lockheed Martin gets $22.5M contract for Aegis upgrades
Jul 19, 2019 (UPI)
The contract calls for the modernization of existing U.S. Navy systems using open architecture principles and software upgrades to increase the lethality of the...
Trump declines to criticize Turkey's Russia missile purchase
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
In his first comments since Turkey began taking delivery of the S-400 system last Friday, Trump said Turkey was forced into the move by his predecessor Barack O...
Germany approved for $401M buy of Patriot missiles, parts
Jul 15, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Friday notified Congress of the possible sale, which is meant to improve the security of Germany and NATO, which requ...
Turkey awaits ninth delivery for Russian S-400 missile defense system
Jul 15, 2019 (UPI)
Components of the long-range air and missile defense system began arriving on Friday and continued on Saturday and Sunday. Seven Russian cargo aircraft arrived ...
Erdogan hails S-400 deal as Turkey marks 2016 coup bid anniversary
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
Just days before the anniversary, the first batch of the Russian S-400 defence system was delivered to Turkey despite repeated US calls for them to cancel the d...
Turkey ignores US warnings over Russian S-400 missile deployment
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
"Delivery of S-400 Long Range Air and Missile Defence Systems resumed today," the statement said. "The fourth Russian plane carrying S-400 parts landed at Murte...
The S-400, Russia's high-tech air defence system
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
The delivery marks a new high in warming ties between Ankara and Moscow. Here is what you need to know about Russia's most modern anti-aircraft defence system. ...
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