News & Updates

South Korea to buy ship-based interceptors to counter ballistic missile threats

Defense News: SEOUL — The South Korean military has decided to buy ship-based SM-3 interceptors to thwart potential ballistic missile…

Israel, US send secret delegation to Ukraine to train against S-300: Report

The Times of Israel: Israel and the United States sent a secret military delegation to Ukraine to test the Russian-made…

China Deploys Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine and Rescue Vessel in Indian Ocean

The Diplomat: China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has deployed a Type 039A Yuan-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) and a Type 926…

Iran’s Bavar-373 Missile System Has Vertical Launchers, Commander Confirms

Tasnim News Agency: The sophisticated homegrown air defense system that includes various components is undergoing complicated tests, he said, adding…

35th ADA Patriot Master Gunner Course teaches necessary skills to train and certify crews

Stripes Korea: Air Defenders are gaining an overall understanding of how air defense is supposed to flow and how standards…

Defense Ministry claims delay in missile test not politically motivated

The Korea Herald: South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense on Monday denied allegations that the presidential office had instructed the…

Japan Moves Ahead With Procurement of 9 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

The Diplomat: The Japanese government has greenlighted the purchase of nine E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control…

The Fourth Project 22800 Small Missile Corvette will be Floated Out in October

Bulgarian Military: MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced that the…

Two Caspian flotilla missile corvettes return to Russia from Mediterranean Sea

TASS: ASTRAKHAN, October 16. /TASS/. Project 21631 Buyan-M class missile corvettes – the Grad Sviyazhsk and the Veliky Ustyug –…

This Week in Missile Defense: October 06 – 12, 2018