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Guam’s New Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Could Go Underground And Mobile
Indo-Pacific

Guam’s New Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Could Go Underground And Mobile

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 24, 2021

Continuous Mass Rocket Attacks Pose New Challenges For Israel’s Iron Dome System
Israel

Continuous Mass Rocket Attacks Pose New Challenges For Israel’s Iron Dome System

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 14, 2021

Navy SM-6 Missile Will Attempt To Swat Down A Mock Hypersonic Weapon
U.S. Navy

Navy SM-6 Missile Will Attempt To Swat Down A Mock Hypersonic Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

This Is The Pentagon’s $27 Billion Master Plan To Deter China In The Pacific
China

This Is The Pentagon’s $27 Billion Master Plan To Deter China In The Pacific

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 6, 2021

Take A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Doomsday Ballistic Missile Warning System
Cold War

Take A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Doomsday Ballistic Missile Warning System

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 16, 2021

Ramstein Air Base In Germany Experiences Potential Incoming Missile Scare (Updated)
Germany

Ramstein Air Base In Germany Experiences Potential Incoming Missile Scare (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 16, 2020

Crazy Video Footage Shows The Exact Moment The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapsed
South America

Crazy Video Footage Shows The Exact Moment The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapsed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 3, 2020

Collapsed Arecibo Radio Telescope Was Originally Built For Ballistic Missile Defense Research
South America

Collapsed Arecibo Radio Telescope Was Originally Built For Ballistic Missile Defense Research

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 1, 2020

The State Department Is Now Warning Of Impending Drone Attacks And How To Survive Them
U.S. Homeland

The State Department Is Now Warning Of Impending Drone Attacks And How To Survive Them

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents
Cold War

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Putin Says He’ll Limit Cruise Missile Deployments To Get Missile Defense Site Inspections
NATO

Putin Says He’ll Limit Cruise Missile Deployments To Get Missile Defense Site Inspections

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 2, 2020

SAM System That Guards Washington DC Just Made Its Lowest Ever Intercept Of A Mock Cruise Missile
U.S. Homeland

SAM System That Guards Washington DC Just Made Its Lowest Ever Intercept Of A Mock Cruise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 24, 2020

Japan Halts Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Plans Indefinitely Amid Public Opposition
Japan

Japan Halts Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Plans Indefinitely Amid Public Opposition

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 15, 2020

Pentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense Aspirations
Lasers

Pentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense Aspirations

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 20, 2020

The Navy’s Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers To Be Armed With Hypersonic Weapon Interceptors
U.S. Navy

The Navy’s Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers To Be Armed With Hypersonic Weapon Interceptors

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 6, 2020

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests
Israel

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

China Leaks Video Of Mysterious Ground-Launched Missile
China

China Leaks Video Of Mysterious Ground-Launched Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 28, 2019

The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues
Saudi Arabia

The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Israel Tests Arrow 3 Interceptor’s Long Range Performance In First-Ever Alaskan Launches
Israel

Israel Tests Arrow 3 Interceptor’s Long Range Performance In First-Ever Alaskan Launches

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 29, 2019

Two Interceptors Launched From California To Swat ICBM In Most Ambitious Missile Defense Test Yet (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Two Interceptors Launched From California To Swat ICBM In Most Ambitious Missile Defense Test Yet (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 26, 2019

Budget Docs Show Pentagon Aims To Loft Particle Beam Anti-Missile Weapon Into Space In Four Years
Anti-Satellite Capabilities

Budget Docs Show Pentagon Aims To Loft Particle Beam Anti-Missile Weapon Into Space In Four Years

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 19, 2019

US Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ Superweapon
U.S. Air Force

US Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ Superweapon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Israel Hits Mock Missile With Arrow 3 Interceptor Days After Iran Fires A Rocket At It From Syria
Iran

Israel Hits Mock Missile With Arrow 3 Interceptor Days After Iran Fires A Rocket At It From Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2019

The Army Wants Israel’s Iron Dome Missile System To Swat Down Cruise Missiles
Iron Dome

The Army Wants Israel’s Iron Dome Missile System To Swat Down Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 22, 2019

Here’s All You Need To Know About The New Missile Defense Review That Was Just Released
U.S. Homeland

Here’s All You Need To Know About The New Missile Defense Review That Was Just Released

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 17, 2019

NATO Envoy Says U.S. Looking At Ways To ‘Take Out’ Russia’s Treaty-Violating Missiles (Updated)
NATO

NATO Envoy Says U.S. Looking At Ways To ‘Take Out’ Russia’s Treaty-Violating Missiles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 2, 2018

DARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense Project
Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

DARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense Project

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 27, 2019

Riyadh Just Came Under Ballistic Missile Attack Resulting In These Crazy Videos
Saudi Arabia

Riyadh Just Came Under Ballistic Missile Attack Resulting In These Crazy Videos

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 26, 2018

Putin’s Air-Launched Hypersonic Weapon Appears To Be A Modified Iskander Ballistic Missile
Russia

Putin’s Air-Launched Hypersonic Weapon Appears To Be A Modified Iskander Ballistic Missile

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 2, 2018

Strategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic Vehicles
U.S. Homeland

Strategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic Vehicles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 1, 2018

Is This Chinese Navy Ship Equipped With An Experimental Electromagnetic Railgun?
China

Is This Chinese Navy Ship Equipped With An Experimental Electromagnetic Railgun?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

China Shows Off Hypersonic Vehicle Test Model After US Navy Weapon Test
China

China Shows Off Hypersonic Vehicle Test Model After US Navy Weapon Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Saudi THAAD Purchase Is Massive In Scope, Looking To Create Huge Missile Shield
Saudi Arabia

Saudi THAAD Purchase Is Massive In Scope, Looking To Create Huge Missile Shield

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 9, 2017

How We Got to North Korea’s Pacific Nuclear Test Threat and What Comes Next
North Korea

How We Got to North Korea’s Pacific Nuclear Test Threat and What Comes Next

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

USAF Awards Contractors Big Bucks for New ICBMs, But Future of Missiles is Uncertain
U.S. Air Force

USAF Awards Contractors Big Bucks for New ICBMs, But Future of Missiles is Uncertain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Watch The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun’s Autoloader Feed A Multi-Shot Salvo
U.S. Navy

Watch The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun’s Autoloader Feed A Multi-Shot Salvo

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 21, 2017

US Preps for THAAD Missile Test Against IRBM As North Korean Threat Rises
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

US Preps for THAAD Missile Test Against IRBM As North Korean Threat Rises

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Missile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”
Airborne Sensors

Missile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

One Faulty Part Halted THAAD Interceptor Production for Four Months
U.S. Homeland

One Faulty Part Halted THAAD Interceptor Production for Four Months

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Here’s How Hypersonic Weapons Could Completely Change the Face of Warfare
Sea-Launched Hypersonic Missiles

Here’s How Hypersonic Weapons Could Completely Change the Face of Warfare

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

High Stakes For Today’s Overdue Missile Defense Test Against An ICBM
ICBMs

High Stakes For Today’s Overdue Missile Defense Test Against An ICBM

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 30, 2017

The U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in Turkey
U.S. Army

The U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in Turkey

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Saudi Arabia’s Naval Capabilities Will Balloon Thanks To Huge U.S. Arms Deal
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Naval Capabilities Will Balloon Thanks To Huge U.S. Arms Deal

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

THAAD Might Not Be Ready to Take on North Korea’s Missiles
North Korea

THAAD Might Not Be Ready to Take on North Korea’s Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

After North Korean Missiles Fly, THAAD Missile Defense Suddenly Arrives
North Korea

After North Korean Missiles Fly, THAAD Missile Defense Suddenly Arrives

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 7, 2017

European News Outlet Claims U.S. Has Transferred Nukes From Turkey To Romania
Europe

European News Outlet Claims U.S. Has Transferred Nukes From Turkey To Romania

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 19, 2016