Lockheed: SM-3 Block IIA Missile Shot Next Month Will Also Test New Aegis BMD Build
MOORESTOWN, N.J. – A planned October ballistic missile defense test from an Aegis destroyer will be the first outing for…
Report: South Korea Wants BMD Capability for Guided Missile Destroyers
Seoul is considering adding Raytheon SM-3 missiles to its fleet of Aegis guided missile destroyers to give the ships a…
USNI News Video: What is Aegis Ashore?
In May, the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency activated a maritime radar about 200 miles away from any…
VIDEO: MDA, Navy Conduct Flight Test On Upgraded SM-3 Block IB
The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy tested an upgraded Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile aboard USS Hopper (DDG-70)…
Essay: Taking Distributed Lethality to the Next Level
The evolving Distributed Lethality (DL) concept ––announced last year –– offers a new approach for how the nation might use…
Aegis Ashore Scores in First Intercept Test
Aegis Ashore ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) system scored its first successful intercept from its Hawaiian test location, the Missile…
Russian Mystery Submarine Likely Deployment Vehicle for New Nuclear Torpedo
Russia’s plan to create a giant nuclear torpedo capable of wiping out a costal city could be farther along than…
Analyst: Doomsday Nuclear Torpedo Leak Gives Insight to Russian Strategic Mindset, Ballistic Missile Defense Anxiety
A proposed Russian submarine launched doomsday weapon — the existence of which was almost certainly leaked by the Kremlin — gives…
Video: Nine Country Naval Exercise Successfully Shoots Down Ballistic, Cruise Missile Targets off Scotland
This post has been updated to include additional information from the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Navy and…
Successful SM-6 Ballistic Missile Defense Test Set To Expand Capability of U.S. Guided Missile Fleet
The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency has proved a modified Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missile can not only…