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China voices concern about US missile defence in S.Korea
Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)
China expressed concern about the possible deployment of an advanced US missile defence system in South Korea during talks Wednesday between their defence chief...
US Missile Defense Agency spends $58M on new Alabama facility
Jan 30, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United States has spent about $58 million on a large Missile Defense Agency facility construction at the Von Braun Complex in the US state of Alabama, the a...
US delivers second radar defense system to Japan
Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)
The United States has sent a second missile defense radar system to Japan, the Pentagon said Friday. The new Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance system (...
Raytheon given $2.4B FMS contract for Patriot fire units
Dec 23, 2014 (UPI)
Qatar is being supplied by Raytheon with new-production Patriot Air and Missile Defense System fire units, the company announced. The U.S. Foreign Military Sale...
US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs More Testing
Dec 18, 2014 (Sputnik)
The proposed placement of ballistic missile interceptors on the US East Coast has the advantage of providing more time and distance to shoot down an enemy missi...
Israel, US in abortive missile defence test
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Israel and the United States on Tuesday tested the Jewish state's Arrow 3 ballistic missile interception system, the defence ministry said, with local media rep...
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Between USSR, US in Details
Dec 16, 2014 (Sputnik)
On December 13, 2002, US President George W. Bush announced that the United States will unilaterally withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty with ...
Russian space-based ABM system on-track for 2020 launch
Dec 09, 2014 (Sputnik)
An improved early warning system in space for detecting ballistic missile launches will be in place by 2020, a chief engineer from the Russian defense corporati...
Chinese Hypersonic Strike Vehicle May Overcome US Missile Defense: Expert
Dec 08, 2014 (Sputnik)
Igor Korotchenko, Director of the Center for the Analysis of the World Arms Trade told Sputnik on Friday that China's successful testing of a Hypersonic Strike ...
Raytheon building air and missile defense center for Qatar
Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)
An air and missile defense operations center that will integrate U.S. and European defense and radar systems is to be designed and built for Qatar by Raytheon. ...
India test fires nuclear capable strategic missile
Dec 03, 2014 (XNA)
India on Tuesday test-fired its nuclear capable strategic missile Agni-4 from a test range off eastern state of Odisha's coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, ...
Ballistic Missile Launches Detected by Russia's Aerospace Defense
Dec 03, 2014 (Sputnik)
Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces (ADF) have detected the launch of three foreign ballistic missiles, Major General Anatoly Nestechuk, the deputy chief of the S...
U.S Navy sending Aegis-equipped destroyers to Japan
Oct 22, 2014 (UPI)
Two U.S. Navy destroyers with ballistic missile defense capabilities are being forward deployed to Japan, the U.S. Navy announced. The ships with Aegis systems ...
U.S. holds test on Aegis tracking capability
Oct 21, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. military has demonstrated that Lockheed Martin's Aegis weapon system can destroy a ballistic missile solely on tracks from remote airborne sensors. Res...
LockMart and NGC Deliver Payload for Fourth SBIRS Satellite
Oct 21, 2014 (SPX)
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin and payload provider Northrop Grumman have delivered the payload for the fourth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite of t...
Russia to Create Space-Based Ballistic Missile Warning System
Oct 21, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will create a space-based ballistic missile warning system capable of detecting launches of existing and test missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergei S...
Missile Defense Agency orders THAAD system components
Oct 16, 2014 (UPI)
Ground components for a key element of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System are to be manufactured and delivered by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Missile Defense A...
Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense facility established in Romania
Oct 14, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has established a support facility in Romania as part of NATO's overall ballistic missile defense system. The Naval Support Facility in Deveselu. ...
US Rear Admiral to head missile shield base in Romania
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
US Rear Admiral John Scorby was Friday named commander of a base in Romania that will form part of a NATO ballistic missile shield system which has drawn Russia...
SBIRS GEO-4 payload ready for integration
Oct 08, 2014 (UPI)
The payload for a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite of the U.S. Air Force's Space Based Infrared System has been delivered, Lockheed Martin reports. The payl...
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