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The Media Line
April 29, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal Showdown: Uranium Enrichment & Ballistic Missiles & Regional Expansionism, Bye-bye? ... year over differences with President Donald Trump, in particular their divergent views on the 2015 nuclear accord and how to rein in Tehran's ballistic missile program and regional expansionism.
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 29, 2018
According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired eight short-range Badr-1 ballistic missiles into the Jizan Region, ... The Saudi Army then released a statement after this missile launch, claiming that their air defense downed four of the eight missiles that were fired by theÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
April 28, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Ballistic Missile Intercepted over Najran. Saturday ... Turki al-Maliki, said the missile was headed towards Najran city in a deliberate act to target civilian and populated areas. ... Firing ballistic missiles at populated towns and villages is contrary to international humanitarian law, Maliki added.
ABC Online
April 28, 2018
China is in the midst of an ambitious modernisation program for its armed forces, developing stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and advanced missiles as it ... Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said that the military had begun putting into service the DF-26 intermediate range ballistic missile — called theÃâà...
Reuters TV
April 27, 2018
en as the US and North Korea get ready to talk about ending its nuclear program, here in central Alaska an underground field of missiles stand ready, the last line of defense if the unthinkable ever comes. To the unsuspecting eye, this sight two hours south of Fairbanks would seem like the middle ofÃâà...
Spaceflight Now
April 27, 2018
Check out photos of Wednesday's launch of a Russian Rockot booster, derived from a decommissioned Soviet-era nuclear missile, with Europe's Sentinel 3B Earth observation satellite. The 95-foot-tall (29-meter) Rockot launcher lifted off at 1757 GMT (1:57 p.m. EDT; 8:57 p.m. local time) from the PlesetskÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 27, 2018
But, the defense forces were able to destroy the missile without resulting in any casualties. On Monday, Saudi air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi militias targeting Jazan. The kingdom's air defenses intercepted another missile targeting the Najran region while another missileÃâà...
War on the Rocks
April 27, 2018
Late last year in Australia, there was sudden interest shown in ballistic missile defense. Although the driver was North Korea's missile testing, the real issue is China. China's latest ballistic missiles, combined with its new island bases, are steadily undercutting Australia's ability to defend itself without relyingÃâà...
NDTV
April 26, 2018
Beijing: China today said it has commissioned a new nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile that can carry out precision strikes against land- and sea-based targets into the People's Liberation Army or PLA Rocket Force. ... China has a range of missiles which can be fired at short notice.
Patch.com
April 26, 2018
The following op-ed was submitted by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3), and it concerns the Iran Nuclear Deal and the country's ballistic missile program. May 12 is the deadline for President Donald Trump to make a decision concerning the sanctions: "We live in an increasingly dangerous world, and I believeÃâà...
Pacific Daily News
April 26, 2018
The government of Guam participated with federal partners in a ballistic missile exercise on April 24. The exercise — involving the offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense, Joint Region Marianas, U.S. Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base, as well as other local and federal agenciesÃâà...
Ahval
April 26, 2018
Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said Turkey had started working on a more technologically advanced and longer-range version of its domestically produced ballistic missile system, Akşam newspaper reported on Thursday. Canikli said the Bora-2 ballistic missile would be an improvement on theÃâà...
The Register
April 25, 2018
The European Space Agency (ESA) is all a-quiver at the prospect of the second Sentinel-3 satellite launch, due this evening atop a Russian Rockot launcher. The spacecraft will ride to space at 1757 UTC on 25 April from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia aboard an elderly convertedÃâà...
WBUR
April 24, 2018
"If your goal is to shoot down ballistic missiles," Lewis says, "I am still waiting for a clear-cut case where a Patriot has worked." Lewis is the author of a recent article in Foreign Policy titled, "Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere." Last month, Yemeni rebels again launched missiles atÃâà...
Arab News
April 24, 2018
RIYADH: Yemen's armed Houthi movement fired two ballistic missiles at a Saudi Aramco facility in the southern city of Jizan on Monday, but Saudi news ... SPA quoted the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition as saying the two missiles were intercepted over Jazan and their debris fell on residentialÃâà...
The Mainichi
April 24, 2018
Aside from these liquid-fuel missiles, the North also categorizes its solid-fuel missile Pukguksong-2 -- a spin-off from submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) -- as a medium- and long-range missile. Pukguksong-2, whose maximum range is believed to be approximately 2,000 kilometers, appears toÃâà...
Vox
April 23, 2018
On Friday, Kim announced his country would no longer test nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, which he used to threaten the world ... On Sunday, Trump tweeted that Pyongyang agreed to dismantle its nuclear and missile programs so that it can never attack another country with themÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 23, 2018
Saudi air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles on Monday fired by Houthi militias targeting Jazan. The kingdom's air defenses intercepted another missile targeting the Najran region while another missile fell in a desert area on Sunday. The militia has fired more than 100 ballistic in total targetingÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 22, 2018
Saudi Arabia's air defense says they have intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias towards the border city of Najran. Authorities confirmed that forces intercepted one missile on Sunday while another landed in a secluded desert area of the border city. The southern city of Najran - close to theÃâà...
CNBC
April 21, 2018
Speaking to North Korean government officials Friday, leader Kim Jong Un reportedly said that he has "verified the completion of nuclear weapons" and as such, "will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles." "We no longer need any nuclear test or test launches of intermediateÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 20, 2018
The Russian Navy took delivery of an upgraded Project 667 BDRM Delta IV-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) this month, according to Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov. The Delta IV-class SSBN Tula (K-114), commissioned in October 1987, has spent two yearsÃâà...
Khaleej Times
April 20, 2018
The Saudi Royal Defence Forces have intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militias from the Yemeni governorate of ... as Arab and international stability, he said, affirming that the launch of ballistic missiles against populated areas breach the International Humanitarian Law.
CBS News
April 11, 2018
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi forces said on Wednesday that their air defense systems intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Shiite rebels, directed at ... The Houthi-run al-Masirah media outlet said several ballistic missiles were launched, targeting the Saudi Defense Ministry in Riyadh and otherÃâà...
The Hill
March 30, 2018
Russia's military on Friday conducted its second test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile that Russian officials say could reach any target in the world, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Russia's military carried out the test of the Sarmat missile system at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a spaceportÃâà...
Arab News
March 28, 2018
File photo for Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meet in Tehran, Mar 5, 2018. France's Foreign Minister arrived in Tehran for talks as Europe is pushing for pledges over Iran's ballistic missile program. (AFP)Ãâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 28, 2018
Displaying wreckage at a news conference in Riyadh of what it said were fragments of those ballistic missiles, the coalition claimed forensic analysis showed they were supplied to Huthi rebels by their ally Iran. “The missiles launched against Saudi territory were smuggled from Iran,” coalition spokesmanÃâà...
Newsweek
March 27, 2018
Saudi Arabia has claimed to have intercepted seven ballistic missiles fired by Houthi forces from Yemen, using the U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot missile defense system. However, footage has emerged suggesting that at least two of the Patriot missiles failed. Videos posted to social media show oneÃâà...
euronews
March 27, 2018
Al Masirah, a Houthi-run satellite news channel, identified some of the missiles fired as the Burkan, or Volcano, missile. The United Nations, Western countries and the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen all say the Burkan mirrors characteristics of an Iranian Qiam ballistic missile. They say thatÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 27, 2018
China has acknowledged that it sold Pakistan a tracking system for use in developing new ballistic missiles capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads, according to a report published last week in the South China Morning Post. Chinese government authorities decided to declassify information on aÃâà...
ABC News
March 27, 2018
Iran's role in the conflict will likely come under renewed scrutiny, as a Houthi-run satellite news channel identified some of the missiles fired as the Burkan, or Volcano, missile. The Burkan is a type the United Nations and Western authorities say resembles Qiam ballistic missiles manufactured by Tehran.
Deutsche Welle
March 26, 2018
One person was killed and two others were wounded in a ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Sunday, state media reported. Saudi armed forces said they intercepted seven ballistic missiles on Sunday night, including one over the capital, Riyadh. Falling fragments from an intercepted missile fell ontoÃâà...
ABC News
March 26, 2018
Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed, 2 wounded in ballistic missile attack on kingdom's capital by Yemen rebels. By The Associated Press. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mar 25, 2018, 6:57 PM ET. 0 Shares. Email. Star. 0 Shares. Email Ãâ÷ Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed, 2 wounded in ballistic missile attack on kingdom'sÃâà...
The Week UK
March 26, 2018
One person has been killed and two others wounded in a ballistic missile attack on the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, on the third year anniversary of the conflict in Yemen. A series of missiles, fired by Houthi rebels across the border in Yemen, were intercepted and destroyed by Saudi military installationsÃâà...
CBS News
March 26, 2018
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- As with nearly every ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Shiite rebels targeting Saudi Arabia, the kingdom overnight said it intercepted all seven fired -- but online videos raise new questions about those claims. One video appears to show a Patriot missile launch onÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 26, 2018
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), media spokesman of Civil Defense in Riyadh, Mohammed Al-Hammadi said that the Saudi air defense shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia. An Egyptian expat died from the ballistic missile debris, the first death in Riyadh since theÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 26, 2018
Saudi Arabia said one person was killed and two injured by a ballistic missile that was shot down over the nation's capital, Riyadh, on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The missile was one of seven reportedly fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, more than 600 miles away, on the thirdÃâà...
CBS News
March 26, 2018
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Shiite rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting Saudi Arabia late Sunday on the third anniversary of a kingdom-led war in Yemen, with fragments of one missile over Riyadh killing one person and wounding two. The casualties were the first in SaudiÃâà...
The Drive
March 26, 2018
We still don't know how many ballistic missiles were detected and engaged, or who fired them, but it was almost certainly Houthi rebels in western Yemen. The group has put Saudi Arabia under an increasing threat of missile barrage via ever more capable ballistic missiles that some claim are beingÃâà...
The Drive
March 24, 2018
The country had previously used the latter name to refer to the entire development program, including the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) component. ... However, the deal sets higher limits on the total number of warheads either side can retain in total and places no restrictions on how many missilesÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 15, 2018
Hawaii Releases Redacted Recording of Missile Alert Drill. The state of Hawaii is releasing an audio recording of the drill it was ... 2018 when an employee mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts warning of a ballistic missile attack. But the 24-second recording the Hawaii Emergency ManagementÃâà...
Breaking Defense
March 15, 2018
On missile defenses, the U.S. has taken great pains to show Russia that our deployed missile defenses simply cannot — by the laws of physics — counter Russian strategic missiles. The United States' withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, a key part of President Putin's rationale for hisÃâà...
SpaceNews
March 15, 2018
With U.S. adversaries on a path toward faster and stealthier missiles, “sensor coverage is a very big deal,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. ... To respond to hypersonic threats, the architecture is completely different to one designed to counter a ballistic missile threat, Greaves explained during a presentation at theÃâà...
CNBC
March 15, 2018
Under third-generation North Korean leader Kim, the reclusive state has conducted its most powerful nuclear test, launched its first-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and threatened to send missiles into the waters near the U.S. territory of Guam. What's more, the acceleration and frequency of testingÃâà...
TASS
March 13, 2018
"The first launch of this missile took place at the end of December last year. At the moment preparations are in full swing at the Plesetsk cosmodrome for another pop-up test." He recalled that Sarmat's parameters surpassed those of all existing types of inter-continental ballistic missiles. "With a mass of moreÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 13, 2018
Total lifetime cost for the U.S. Navy's new class of ballistic missile subs will be around $100 billion, the US Navy secretary said this week. ... “Ohio-class SSBNs are armed with up to 24 Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles fitted with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles.” In 2016, IÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 12, 2018
Using colorful graphics and video, Putin said Russia had also tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and a high-speed underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that, he claimed, would be impossible to intercept. Putin said that the country also tested a new heavy intercontinental ballisticÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 10, 2018
Islamabad's stated rationale for pursuing MIRV technology is to defeat India's ballistic-missile defense systems. “Development of Ababeel Weapon System is aimed at ensuring survivability of Pakistan's ballistic missiles in the growing regional Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) environment,” the PakistaniÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 10, 2018
U.S. soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conduct emplacement and system validation for the MIM-104 Patriot air defense missiles battery at an Israeli exercise site during Juniper Cobra, Feb. 26, 2018. Juniper Cobra 2018 is a ballistic missile defense joint U.S.-Israel exerciseÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 5, 2018
Beyond their similarities as 'hit-to-kill' systems, the SM-3 and the DN-3 are designed to destroy targets outside of the earth's atmosphere. For a ballistic missile target, both missiles are designed to destroy targets during the so-called mid-course phase of flight. After its engines have burned out, the separatedÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 4, 2018
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran said France's concern over Tehran's ballistic missile program was "wrong", the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday ahead of the arrival of French Foreign ... France's concern over our missile program is wrong," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi told Fars.
