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THAAD 6.0: US plans hypersonic-killing, AI-driven, laser-armed missile defense system
In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ...
The Cipher Brief4d
Expert Q&A: Guam ‘No Safer Today’ Despite US Efforts
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery is a senior director at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the ...
StrategyPage12d
Logistics: Why Guam Matters
Each B-52 flying off from Guam carries over 140 tons of jet fuel, and each F-15 is over five tons. KC-135 tankers fly off with nearly a hundred tons of fuel on board. Guam’s workshops can repair ...
BIG tension for US, India as China unveils GIGANTIC ‘anti-hypersonic’ radar, its capable of…
According to analysts, China hypersonic radar is capable of detecting and tracking incoming missile threats within a range of ...
Defense One26d
It's time for a new Key West agreement
The Army provides eight THAAD batteries ... air and missile defense should more properly reside with the Air Force, while the Army rededicates itself to SHORAD, including radar-directed gun ...
CNN on MSN18d
Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...
‘Iron Dome for America’ explained: Blueprint laid out in lawmakers’ bill
The legislation would authorize slightly more than $19 billion for the creation of a new missile defense shield in fiscal 2026.
Stars and Stripes15d
US Army battalion hands over Patriot mission in Poland to Germany, eyes modernization
The Army’s 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, the only U.S. Patriot missile battalion based in Europe, transferred its Patriot missile defense mission in Poland to German forces.
Zona Militar17d
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency received the 900th interceptor manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the THAAD ballistic missile defense systems.
At that moment, the THAAD radar system detects the launch and transmits the information ... rate in flight tests and has been successfully integrated with PAC-3 MSE air defense missile systems.