Tag: missile defense
Pentagon Conducts Latest Successful Test of US-Japan Interceptor
The U.S. military on Tuesday successfully conducted a test of a new ballistic-missile interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan. The launch marks the...
Europe Should Keep its Defense Within NATO, Says Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told DW that European defense efforts should remain within the alliance. Stoltenberg also criticized Russia over its SSC-8...
Romania to Procure Additional Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems
The Romanian government has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army and transferred funding to the US government for the purchase of three additional...
Russia to Deliver First S-400 Missile Systems to India Within 2 Years
The first deliveries of S-400 missile systems to India will take place within two years, Dmitry Shugaev, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military...
Pentagon to pull some Patriots from Middle East: US official
The Pentagon is pulling Patriot missile systems from three countries in the Middle East as part of a "rebalance" away from the region, a...
Russia, Turkey agree to speed up delivery of S-400s: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday said he had agreed with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speed up the delivery of S-400 air defence...
US Missile-Defense System Not Ready For Hypersonic Threats
Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim to have developed a new generation of missile that is impervious to any Western shield has highlighted a gap...
Upcoming Joint US-Israeli Exercise Aims to Improve Interoperability
More than 2,500 U.S. personnel will take part in a joint exercise with Israel next month aimed at improving interoperability, a Pentagon spokesman told...
China Tests Ground Missile Defense System
China launched its first ground-based midcourse missile defense interception test in four years on Monday, a move experts said would further improve China's long-range...
Test of US-Japanese missile interceptor fails again
A test of a US missile interceptor failed in Hawaii on Wednesday (Jan 31), a defence official said, marking the second such unsuccessful attempt...
