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Flight test proves ballistic missiles no match for latest Patriot upgrade
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
A successful flight test has proved that the latest upgrades to the Raytheon-made Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system will be able to destroy adva...
Israel tests Arrow 3 missile defense system, target locked on from space
Dec 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced Thursday it has successfully carried out a test on locking on a missile target from space using its Arrow 3 missile defen...
Lockheed Martin PAC-3 missile intercepts ballistic target in flight test
Dec 10, 2015 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin completed its flight test of the Patriot Advanced Capability 3, or PAC-3, Missile Segment Enhancement missile as part of a U.S. Army-led evaluat...
Israel successfully tests ballistic missile interceptor
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
Israel and the United States on Thursday successfully tested a ballistic missile interceptor as the Jewish state seeks to upgrade its defences in the face of re...
Tokyo considering advanced US air defense systems to counter NKorea
Dec 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Japanese Defense Ministry has begun a full-fledged study on introduction of the advanced US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems to counter p...
Impenetrable Shield protects Moscow from Ballistic Missile threats
Dec 01, 2015 (Sputnik)
Moscow's missile defense system can protect the city against any kind of ballistic missile, according to Colonel Andrei Cheburin, commander of the missile defen...
Poland's new govt rethinks Patriot missiles, Airbus choppers
Nov 25, 2015 (AFP)
Poland's new conservative government on Wednesday called into question the previous liberal cabinet's choice of US-made Patriot missiles and Airbus helicopters ...
Thales sub-contracted for NATO BMD test activities
Nov 20, 2015 (UPI)
Thales is to perform test and integration support activities to help validate NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense capability. The work, under a sub-contract from U...
Patriot takes out two ballistic missiles in latest test
Nov 19, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army completed its first in a series of tests on the Raytheon-built Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system. The flight test, which saw the m...
Army system integrates different radars for Patriot-3 interceptor
Nov 16, 2015 (UPI)
An integrated battle command system using Sentinel and Patriot radar data successfully guided a Patriot-3 interceptor to a cruise missile target missile. The te...
Putin: Russia Has Weapons Capable of Penetrating Any Missile Defenses
Nov 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia will strengthen its strategic nuclear potential in response to the deployment of US missile defense systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesda...
Lockheed Martin to build Ballistic Missile Defense radar
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a team, led by Lockheed Martin, a contract to develop, build and test the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). The r...
Lockheed Martin awarded $784 million contract for missile defense radar
Oct 26, 2015 (UPI)
The Missile Defense Agency awarded a team led by Lockheed Martin a contract to develop the Long Range Discrimination Radar to protect the U.S. from homeland att...
USS Ross intercepts ballistic missile during coalition test
Oct 21, 2015 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross successfully intercepted a ballistic missile during a defense exercise in the North Atlantic Ocean. Th...
Russia Calls on US to Abandon Plans to Place Missile Defense in Romania
Oct 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
Moscow calls for abandoning of plans to place US missile defense systems in Romania, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of Non-proliferat...
Russia's Aerospace Forces Never Miss a Missile Launch... Anywhere
Oct 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Russian Aerospace Forces registered over 20 ballistic missile space rocket launches and held about 400 satellite linkups in 2015, the Defense Ministry said ...
Space-based missile warning continues expansion
Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)
Our Air Force's space-based missile warning program has a robust history stemming from the 1960s through the present. As these programs have evolved over the de...
Lockheed Martin delivers enhanced Patriot interceptor
Oct 06, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has received its first enhanced range and improved mobility Patriot 3 interceptor missiles from Lockheed Martin. The Patriot Advanced Capability M...
Patriot missiles to be pulled from Turkey as planned
Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)
Patriot missiles deployed in Turkey since 2013 to guard against rockets from Syria will be removed for planned upgrades in October, despite the ongoing crisis a...
Raytheon to gather long-lead components for missile interceptor
Sep 16, 2015 (UPI)
Long-lead items for production of 17 SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors are to be procured by Raytheon under a U.S. Missile Defense Agency award. The...
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