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A high-ranking Russian official said Moscow recently delivered air defense systems to Venezuela.
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Moscow Just Gave Venezuela Air Defenses, Not Ruling Out Strike Missiles: Russian Official

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

Satellite imagery shows China has been building at least two facilities featuring hardened shelters with retractable roofs along its heavily disputed border with India.
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China Building SAM Sites That Allow Missiles To Be Fired From Within Bunkers

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

The U.S. Army has picked AeroVironment to supply a new anti-air interceptor, primarily to provide an additional layer of defense against longer-range one-way attack drones and other similarly-sized uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
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AeroVironment’s Freedom Eagle-1 Picked As New Counter-Drone Interceptor For U.S. Army

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Lockheed Martin is among those to have gotten the go-ahead to move forward in a competition to design a second interceptor for the U.S. Army's middle-tier Enduring Shield air defense system.
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New Surface-To-Air Missile Enters Army Mid-Tier Air Defense Competition

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 16, 2025

The Association of the U.S. Army’s (AUSA) main annual symposium has seen some notable appearances by autonomous launchers, underscoring the service’s growing interest in this class of system. On show at the event were a new Family of Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicles (FMAV) from Oshkosh Defense, as well as Raytheon’s DeepFires. Between them, these platforms can be armed with a wide variety of offensive and defensive weapons, also including Tomahawk cruise missiles and Patriot surface-to-air missiles.
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Autonomous Launchers Make Impact As Army Requirements Grow

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 15, 2025

A Venezuelan Army truck carrying Russian missile launchers takes part in a military parade during celebrations for the Independence Day, in Caracas on July 5, 2025. (
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Status Of Venezuela’s Air Defense Capabilities

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

The U.S. military was totally unaware of the unprecedented Israeli airstrike on a Hamas compound in Doha, Qatar, earlier this month, one of its senior leaders has confirmed. In the aftermath of the raid, there had been questions as to why the various highly advanced air defense systems and sensors, both American and Qatari, that would normally provide prior alert to an impending attack on Qatar had apparently not functioned as expected. Now we have a better understanding of what happened, from a U.S. perspective.
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New Info On How U.S. Military Was Caught Off Guard By Israeli Strike On Qatar

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Taiwan has officially rolled out a new anti-ballistic missile system called Chiang Kung, or Strong Bow, which it says is now in production.
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Taiwan Just Unveiled Its Own High-Altitude Anti-Ballistic Missile System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 17, 2025

Ukraine is developing its own air defense missile systems.
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Ukraine Is Working To Develop Its Own Air Defense Systems

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 27, 2025

A bevy of previously unseen missiles has been capturing particular attention as China prepares for a huge military parade on September 3, 2025.
Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

All The New Chinese Missiles Spotted During Its Massive Military Parade Rehearsal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 19, 2025

A surge in Russian use of ballistic missiles with enhanced maneuvering capabilities has cut into the effectiveness of Ukraine's Patriot surface-to-air missile systems, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has confirmed.
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Ukraine’s Patriots Now Struggling To Intercept Enhanced Russian Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 15, 2025

AIM-120 being launched from NASAMS
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Egypt Finally Cleared To Buy AIM-120 AMRAAMs

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 25, 2025

While the U.S. and allies are ramping up deliveries of Patriot air defense batteries to Ukraine, Switzerland will have to wait for theirs.
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Patriot Deliveries To Ukraine Ramping Up, Others Being Delayed

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

Ukraine will receive additional Patriot batteries, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday.
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Trump Announces Deal To Send More Patriot Air Defense Batteries To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

The U.S. Army plans to stand up four new Patriot surface-to-air missile system battalions in the coming years to help ease strain on what it says is its "most stressed force element."
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Overstretched U.S. Army Patriot Air Defense Force To Grow By A Quarter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 14, 2025

The Pentagon is brushing off concerns that it is running low on Patriot interceptors.
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Patriot Missile Stockpile Concerns Grow, Pentagon Claims It Has Enough

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 8, 2025