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 DefenseTHAAD 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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Missile DefenseHouse Panel Calls For New Space-Based Sensors To Aid Missile Defense
A key congressional panel is pushing the Department of Defense to begin developing a new fleet of space-based sensors to improve the ability of warfighters to track hostile ballistic missiles. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Asks Industry For Long Endurance UAS For Missile Defense
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is interested in industry’s capability to provide a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft for missile defense laser uses by the 2023 timeframe, […]
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International
South Korea THAAD Deployment Delayed For Environmental Assessment
The South Korean defense ministry will begin a full environmental impact assessment of the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, delaying the deployment […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Plans Nine New Kill Vehicle Interceptors, Explains Focus and Budget Request
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress on Wednesday the agency plans to begin deliveries this year of nine new Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) including the newly tested […]
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Missile Defense
Missile Defense Head Explains Test Success, Relation To Realistic Threat
Missile Defense Agency director Vice Adm. Jim Syring said on Wednesday that the Tuesday test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System was realistic and replicated a real threat the […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Successfully Conducts First Test of GBI Against ICBM-Style Target
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted its first test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-like target, the agency said on Tuesday. […]