The follow-on contract will cost $2.8bn over the next five years, with options to extend development as the Pentagon prioritise air defence.

In a move to strengthen the United States missile defence capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a contract ...

China and Iran because of plans to deploy its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile systems in East Europe, South Korea and the Persian Gulf. The United States has three THAAD ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

US soldiers have launched high-tech interceptor missiles from inside Israel for the first time since the system was deployed earlier this year. Footage on social media showed what security sources ...

The American Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system was used to intercept a ballistic missile launched at Israel from Yemen yesterday. The missile was reportedly fired ...

The US deployed a top air-defense battery to Israel in October after a huge Iranian attack. The THAAD system has now been used in combat twice — once in December and another time in January. THAAD's ...

It's unclear if the THAAD battery successfully intercepted the incoming threat. The battery was reportedly used against a Houthi ballistic missile late last week. A top US air defense battery ...

The US military also employs Patriot missile batteries, designed to make much lower-altitude intercepts, as the final phase of Guam’s defense. Both the THAAD and Patriot systems have been ...