DefenceTalkDefense Secretary Jim Mattis today directed the start of the department’s Ballistic Missile Defense Review, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a statement. The review is conducted to identify ways to strengthen missile-defense capabilities, rebalance homeland and theater defense priorities and provide the necessary policy and strategy framework for the nation’s missile defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-announces-start-of-ballistic-missile-defense-review-69923/

DefenceTalkAmid the Trump administration’s conflicting signals on whether or not it will ask South Korea to pay more for a controversial American missile defense system, experts suggest restraint and caution to avoid eroding the Washington-Seoul alliance, a change that could impede efforts to counter nuclear-armed North Korea. Earlier this week, the U.S. military said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thaad-cost-debate-could-erode-us-south-korea-alliance-69909/

DefenceTalkTurkey and Russia have reached principal agreements on the issue of the S-400 air defense systems (ADS) acquisition; the sides are conducting negotiations over the price and joint production, Turkey`s Foreign Minister Mevl·t ·avu·o·lu told journalists. “We are continuing negotiations over the issues related to S-400 including joint production and price. We have reached principal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-and-russia-reached-principal-agreements-on-s-400-acquisition-69897/

DefenceTalkRussia and Turkey have agreed to lift nearly all remaining trade restrictions imposed in the aftermath of Ankara’s downing of a Russian warplane in 2015, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. “You asked when we can speak about the lifting of the restrictions that emerged some time ago. We can speak of that today,” Putin said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-turkey-agree-to-lift-nearly-all-trade-restrictions-69892/

DefenceTalkThe US controversial missile defense system, known as THAAD, has become operational in South Korea, despite China’s criticism. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) “has reached initial intercept capability,” a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity on Monday. In July last year, Washington and Seoul agreed to the battery deployment in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thaad-missile-defense-system-now-operational-in-south-korea-69871/

DefenceTalkUS troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. Washington is urging Beijing — Pyongyang’s sole major ally — to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-missile-defence-equipment-reaches-s-korea-site-69818/

DefenceTalkThe United States and its allies would have “no defense” against large numbers of ground-launched cruise missiles of the type recently deployed by Russia, a top US general warned Tuesday. The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of deploying a land-based cruise missile system in contravention of a 1987 US-Russia arms control deal, known as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-defence-against-multiple-russian-missiles-us-general-69670/

DefenceTalkPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the latest addition to Israel’s missile defences meant that those seeking to destroy the Jewish state would be endangering their own existence. He was speaking at a formal ceremony to hand the “David’s Sling” system from its developers over to its Israeli air force operators. The medium-range interceptor, developed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israels-latest-missile-interceptor-enters-service-69637/

DefenceTalkTurkey has announced its wish to obtain Russia’s loan to buy weapons, including S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems, Rostec state corporation CEO Sergey Chemezov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Tuesday. “They have voiced their wish to get a loan, but now the issue has not been solved. The Finance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-seeks-russian-loan-to-buy-s-400-systems-69484/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the purchase of Russian-made military hardware, including S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems, on March 9-10 in Moscow, Turkish presidential adviser Ilnur Cevik said. Cevik made this statement in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV Channel. “Economic issues, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-turkish-presidents-to-hold-talks-on-s-400-system-in-moscow-69409/