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ANALYSIS SUGGESTS U.S. PATRIOTS MISSED MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN TOWARD RIYADH AIRPORT
When Shiite rebels blasted a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the Saudi capital last month, Riyadh officials said they had intercepted and destroyed the... READ MORE›
PENTAGON EVALUATES MISSILE DEFENCE SITES AMID NORTH KOREA CRISIS
In July, the United States tested THAAD missile defences and shot down a simulated, incoming intermediate-range ballistic missile IRBM ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO FIT WARSHIPS WITH ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Pyongyang, which ultimately wants to target the U.S. mainland with a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile, has said its missiles could strike Australia... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAS THREAT PUSHES JAPAN TO REASSESS ITS MIGHT AND RIGHTS
The limits of missile defense and a pacifist Constitution are weighing on the debate over how Japan should respond to the Norths nuclear program... READ MORE›
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NORTH KOREA IS SENT A MESSAGE BY US, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN DRILLS
North Korea has violated UN Security Council resolutions banning its ballistic missile launches on the other hand, South Korea, the US... READ MORE›
CAN MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS STOP A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE?
However, countries should be mindful that these systems provide limited-to-no capability to defend against intercontinental ballistic missiles... READ MORE›
CHINA URGES TRUMP TO TONE DOWN NORTH KOREA RHETORIC
INFOGRAPHIC North Korea explained in graphics Guam's Office of Civil Defence began disseminating fact sheets on Friday... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. PLANS TO TEST THAAD MISSILE DEFENSES AS N.KOREA TENSIONS MOUNT
THAAD is a ground-based missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles... READ MORE›
VOICES RAISED IN ROK TO OPPOSE FURTHER THAAD DEPLOYMENT
The THAAD deployment site is located in Seongju county, North Gyeongsang province, about 300 km southeast of the capital Seoul... READ MORE›
CAN U.S. DEFEND AGAINST NORTH KOREA MISSILES? NOT EVERYONE AGREES
Experts caution that U.S. missile defenses are now geared to shooting down one, or perhaps a small number of basic, incoming missiles... READ MORE›
CHINA WARNS AGAINST US DEPLOYMENT OF THAAD ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM IN S. KOREA
The Chinese Defense Ministry has warned the US against deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea... READ MORE›
US DECLARES SUCCESS IN KEY TEST OF MISSILE DEFENCE
In Tuesday's US test, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency launched an interceptor rocket from an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California... READ MORE›
U.S. THAAD MISSILE DEFENSES HIT TEST TARGET AS NORTH KOREA TENSION RISES
A ground-based missile defense system, THAAD is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN DEPLOYS ADVANCED ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEM IN SYRIA
'By deploying S400 to Latakia, Russia sends signal to Turkey and Israel but also creates a shield over Syria's coastal areas.'... READ MORE›
PUTIN WARNS HE'LL RETALIATE AGAINST NATO MISSILES
The system is meant to defend Europe against rogue states like Iran and not intended to target Moscow's missiles, Washington has said... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE JAPAN SEEKS NEW US MISSILE RADAR AS NORTH KOREA THREAT GROWS
Japan has not yet placed an order for Aegis Ashore, but has informally asked Washington to let it have the new radar technology... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AND CHINA JOIN FORCES AGAINST GLOBAL US MISSILE SHIELD
Russia has announced that it will join China in countering U.S. plans to expand its missile defense system in Europe and Asia... READ MORE›
S. KOREA FORMALLY SIGNS LAND SWAP DEAL WITH LOTTE FOR THAAD[1]
Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, decided Monday to offer its golf course to be used as a site for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense THAAD ... READ MORE›
HOW WOULD MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS WORK AGAINST NORTH KOREA?
The THAAD battery's radar in South Korea would have detected the launch of the North Korean missiles launched on Monday... READ MORE›
CHINA'S FUJIAN DROPS AIXTRON BID AFTER OBAMA BLOCKS DEAL
China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund has dropped its takeover bid for German chip equipment maker Aixtron after U.S. President Barack Obama blocked the deal... READ MORE›
AIXTRON'S CEO PUTS A POSITIVE LIGHT ON BLOCKED CHINESE TAKEOVER
China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund dropped its 670 million-euro 712 million takeover bid for Aixtron on Thursday, after the United States blocked the deal on security grounds... READ MORE›
IN SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION, A DARK HORSE EMERGES AS VOTERS SHIFT POSITION ON THAAD
The dramatic swing of South Korean voter sentiment comes in part due to China's attempt to pressure South Korea to remove the THAAD missile defense system... READ MORE›
CHINA SHOULD TAKE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THAAD DEPLOYMENT
China should take military action against THAAD deployment military expert... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CRISIS: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE IS EFFECTIVE BUT NOT FOOLPROOF
U.S. missile defense system is effective but not foolproof against North Korea... READ MORE›
S. KOREAN LEADER ORDERS PROBE ON U.S. MISSILE LAUNCHERS
Many of Moons supporters dont want the system, which U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Seoul should pay for... READ MORE›
S. KOREAN LEADER ORDERS PROBE ON U.S. MISSILE LAUNCHERS
Many of Moons supporters dont want the system, which U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Seoul should pay for... READ MORE›
CHINA FOREIGN MINISTER URGES U.S. CAUTION ON MISSILE SYSTEM
South Korea and the United States are expected to begin talks next week on possible deployment of the system... READ MORE›
EVEN WITH THAAD DEFENCE, NORTH KOREA MISSILE BARRAGE POSES THREAT TO SOUTH
Once fully deployed in South Korea, a THAAD battery could theoretically use its radar to see and monitor activity beyond North Korea, deep into Chinese territory... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA: DOES THIS MEAN WAR?
North Korea's military wants the capability to shrink a high-yield nuclear warhead to fit on an inter-continental ballistic missile ICBM ... READ MORE›
RAYTHEON LINKS WITH POLAND'S WB ELECTRONICS IN MISSILE SHIELD BID
Under the agreement, WB Electronics is to provide software for training and tactic simulations for the system, dubbed Shield of Poland ... READ MORE›
US PLANS FIRST TEST TO INTERCEPT INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE AS NORTH KOREA THREAT GROWS
US will aim to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile in a test, in preparation for the growing threat emanating from North Korea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA BAFFLED BY TRUMP COMMENTS ON MISSILE DEFENCE, TRADE
The U.S.-South Korea free trade deal is not the only free trade pact that the Trump administration is reconsidering... READ MORE›
IF MISSILES ARE HEADED TO GUAM, HERE IS WHAT COULD STOP THEM
America's existing system to stop intercontinental ballistic missiles aimed at the continental United States is called Ground-Based Midcourse Defense... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA HALTS DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM
A full THAAD battery contains six launchers mounted on trucks, each capable of firing eight interceptor missiles... READ MORE›