Missile Defense
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InternationalMDA Successfully Tests THAAD Against MRBM, South Korea To Install Remaining THAAD Launchers
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted the 15th successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept test, this time against a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target, the agency said […]
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BudgetHouse Rejects Attempt To Nix Space-Based Missile Defense
The House has defeated by voice vote a proposal to block funding for a new space-based missile defense system. The proposed amendment to the fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill would have […]
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SpaceU.S. Strategic Command Consolidating Component Commands
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is streamlining its component structure by consolidating 18 component commands into four, the head of STRATCOM said July 26. Under the reorganization, one component command will […]
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Air ForceLawmakers Seek To Block Funding For Space Corps, Space-Based Missile Defense
As the full House gears up to consider its fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill this week, lawmakers have submitted more than 140 amendments for potential consideration, including proposals to […]
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Missile DefenseTHAAD Test Planned For This Weekend
A U.S. Coast Guard notice indicated another Alaska-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense test is set to occur this weekend. The Coast Guard’s most recent weekly notice […]
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ArmyArmy Working Up To 100 kW Laser Weapons Step By Step
The Army is sequencing tests of directed-energy technologies up towards a 100 kW laser by 2022 for fixed and rotor wing targets, the head of Army Space and Missile Defense […]
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InternationalU.S. Deploys Patriot To Lithuania During NATO Exercise
The United States military deployed a Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system to Lithuania for the first time during a NATO exercise, the Lithuanian defense ministry said Tuesday. […]
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Missile Defense
THAAD Intercepts First IRBM Target In Test
The Defense Department conducted the first successful intercept by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target, the Missile Defense […]
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InternationalTrump Formally Commits To NATO, Says Poland Will Buy Patriot Missile-Defense System
In a Thursday speech to a favorable crowd in Warsaw, President Donald Trump praised Poland as a model NATO member for paying its fair share toward collective defense and announced […]
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Missile DefenseSecond New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails
A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]
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