updated Fri. April 12, 2024
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Atlantic Council (blog)
April 27, 2018
It is likely that the MDR will call for a robust US missile defense system that looks to substantially increase US capabilities. As US President Donald J. Trump stated on August 23, 2017: “We are committed to expanding and improving a state of the art missile defense system to shoot down missiles in flight.
Business Insider
April 25, 2018
A Russian general said that only 22 of 105 missiles fired in a US-led attack in Syria earlier this month successfully hit targets and that Syria shot down the rest with old air defenses. He also claimed that US missiles were captured and sent to Moscow so Russia could improve its weapons systems.
The Australian
April 16, 2018
Nineteen of the US air-launched missilesused in Syria were a new type of weapon that had never been fired in combat but helped destroy the Barzeh research and development centre near Damascus. The 19 extended-range AGM-158B joint air-to-surface stand-off missiles (known as JASSM-ER) wereÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 11, 2018
The Trump administration appears to have officially come to a conclusion on whether to respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, with the US president suggesting Wednesday that a missile strike is eminent. “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria,” Trump wrote onÃâà...
The Independent
April 11, 2018
Russia's ambassador to Lebanon has said any US missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted, a step which could trigger a major escalation in the Syrian war. Alexander Zasypkin, in comments broadcast on Tuesday evening, said he was referring to a statement by RussianÃâà...
Newsweek
April 11, 2018
Moscow will shoot down any U.S. missiles fired at Syria and retaliate against American launch sites, the Russian ambassador to Lebanon has warned. Ambassador Alexander Zasypkin made the comments on Tuesday while speaking on the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV channel, Reuters reported.
Yahoo News
March 13, 2018
Mattis flatly states that U.S. missiles defenses would not work against Russian weapons. “And that's why the ones [missile defense sites] are in Eastern Europe,” Mattis said. “They would not work. And the Russian officers are professional enough and are technically skilled enough, they know what theirÃâà...
WBUR
March 7, 2018
Vladimir Putin did his best Darth Vader impression last week in his latest effort to terrify the United States. In his state of the nation address, Putin claimed that Russia's military has developed a nuclear cruise missile that can evade any defense. He even showed an animation of a swarm of the things zeroingÃâà...
Santa Fe New Mexican
March 2, 2018
The Pentagon's chief spokeswoman, Dana W. White, emphasized in a briefing Thursday that U.S. missile defenses aren't trained on Russia and remain focused on rogue nations. The American military already knew about the weapons Putin referenced and stands ready to defend the United States, sheÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 1, 2018
... were two weapons powered by miniaturized nuclear reactors: a drone submarine "torpedo" previously revealed in a Russian news leak and a cruise "missile" drone with what Putin described as a virtually unlimited range. The third was a new non-ballistic, hypersonic ICBM capable of evading US missileÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
February 28, 2018
Upset over a U.S. missile defense system, China hits South Korea where it hurts — in the wallet. By Matt Stiles. Feb 28, 2018 | 3:00 AM. | SEOUL. Upset over a U.S. missile defense system, China hits South Korea where it hurts —. Tourists visit Jeju Island in South Korea. The island attracted about 1,200 visitors from ChinaÃâà...
Defense One
February 13, 2018
Recent budget moves will give the U.S. missile defense effort a major boost in funding over the coming year, likely allowing the purchase of additional Ground Based Interceptor missiles on top of the 44 already deployed for use by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system against ICBMs headedÃâà...
Asia Times
February 12, 2018
The Pentagon has released a 2018 National Defense Strategy and a Nuclear Posture Review in recent weeks, signaling far-reaching shifts in US strategic planning. Now, the Defense Department is preparing to issue another key document — a Ballistic Missile Defense Review — in the next several days.
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. The United States' ongoing efforts to build up its missile defense system create conditions for unleashing another spiral of arms race, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, commenting on the US Department of State's 2017 Compliance Report. "The United States'Ãâà...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
December 31, 1999
President Vladimir Putin stated that after the expiry of the START III (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) between the United States and Russia, the latter is ready to continue dialogue on nuclear disarmament, but added that when they are acquiring weapons that can easily breach all anti-ballistic missileÃâà...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ordered target modules and re-entry vehicles costing more than $80 million in order to test the US missile defense system, Lockheed Martin said in a news release on Thursday. “The Missile Defense Agency has awarded LockheedÃâà...
