In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a substantial contract to develop the next-generation ...

And given how there are few anti-ballistic missile defense systems out there as effective as the THAAD, more billions are now poured into the weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. THAAD stands for ...

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 ...

Although the U.S. has developed “limited” defenses designed to stop a small missile attack from the likes of North Korea, the Jan. 27 order – “The Iron Dome for America” – directs ...

Courtesy of Ministry of National Defense The core of our military's long-range and high-altitude air defense system is the L-SAM (Long-range Surface to Air Missile), nicknamed 'Korean THAAD'.

The move comes after the Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed a $2.8 billion recompete contract to develop the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, weapon system in January.

But there have been no official reports as of February 3, 2025 that Pakistan tested a missile following the US sanctions in December. Local fact-check organisation Soch Fact Check has also ...

He said the existing military defense systems, such as the THAAD missile defense battery and Navy Aegis-equipped vessels, focus solely on military assets and do little to protect Guam’s civilian ...

The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar ...

You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected]. Japan has test-launched a domestically developed ballistic missile in the United States, Tokyo said, amid the threats posed by China ...

Russian missile attacks on state-owned natural gas assets in Ukraine have forced the country to buy expensive replacement fuel from the European Union, according to people with knowledge of the ...