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Saudi tests siren after Yemen rebels fire new missiles
May 10, 2018 (AFP)
The Saudi civil defence posted a video on its official site of the alarm system being tested. It said in a statement the system was designed to "face risks of a...
Saudi air defences intercept two missiles over Riyadh
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
Two explosions were heard in the city, according to an AFP photographer. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said Saudi air defences hours earlier had also ...
Syria says downs two Israeli missiles near capital
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
According to SANA, "anti-aircraft defences intercepted two Israeli missiles launched against (the district of) Kissweh and destroyed them". The agency had earli...
Aerojet completes hot fire propulsion test for redesigned Kill Vehicle
May 08, 2018 (SPX)
The RKV program is an integral part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Missile Defense Agency's Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Ce...
Fourth US Air Force SBIRS satellite sends first images back to Earth
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
SBIRS GEO Flight-4 is the latest satellite to join the Air Force's orbiting missile warning constellation. Equipped with powerful scanning and staring infrared ...
Lockheed tapped for additional THAAD interceptors
May 03, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $145.2 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive-firm target contrac...
Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalition
Apr 28, 2018 (AFP)
The missiles were headed towards the city of Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia, according to a coalition statement. While the coalition said the attack claimed no ...
Saudis down new missile from Yemen rebels: state media
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
"Saudi forces were able to intercept (the missile)," the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Huthi rebels. "But the shr...
Saudis intercept ballistic missile from Yemen: coalition
Apr 20, 2018 (AFP)
It was the latest in a series of such attacks. "Saudi air defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Huthi militias targeting Jizan," the coalitio...
Raytheon tapped for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program
Apr 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $136.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, firm target contract, which ...
Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense System
Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $67.8 million under a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contrac...
Lockheed tapped for upgrades to Patriot, THAAD missile systems
Apr 18, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $200 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modificati...
Syrian air defence shoots down missiles over Homs: state media
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
The news agency did not give further details and it was unclear who was behind the attack, which Syrian state television branded as an "aggression". Big explosi...
Saudis intercept new missile fired by Yemen rebels: coalition
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
"The missile was fired at Jizan indiscriminately with the aim of hitting civilian areas," a coalition spokesman told the official Saudi Press Agency. "It was su...
Yemen rebel missiles, drones shot down over Saudi
Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)
Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels said their cross-border barrage marked the launch of what their leadership has dubbed "the year of ballistics". The attacks prompted...
Japan's vaunted alert system runs up against limits
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
The message delivered via the country's alert system, part of its much-hyped J-Alert mechanism, warned of a big one directly hitting the Japanese capital -- pot...
Estonia calls for deployment of Patriot missiles and US troops
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
In an interview coinciding with her visit to the White House, the conservative leader said the deployment of American materiel and personnel would bolster exist...
Saudi-led coalition says missile downed near Yemen border
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
"The missile fired at the town of Jizan was intercepted and destroyed" late Wednesday, said coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki. "The debris fell on residential...
Saudi Arabia, Romania to receive Patriot missile systems, support
Apr 02, 2018 (UPI)
The deals, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, carry a combined value of more than $529.9 million combined under the terms of foreign military sales ...
Saudi forces say intercept missile fired by Yemen rebels
Mar 31, 2018 (AFP)
"The missile was fired at Najran indiscriminately and with the aim of hitting residential areas," coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki told the official S...
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