DefenceTalkThe next test of the U.S. Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) system will occur “very soon,” Admiral James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said May 28. And if that test is a success, he said, the Pentagon plans to add 14 interceptors to the 30 deployed in Alaska and California by 2017, increasing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-should-fix-missile-defense-not-expand-it-59806/

DefenceTalkThe Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy, and sailors at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex and Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), successfully conducted the first flight test involving components of the Aegis Ashore system. During the test, a simulated ballistic missile target was acquired, tracked, and engaged by the Aegis Weapon System. At […]https://www.defencetalk.com/standard-missile-completes-first-test-launch-from-aegis-ashore-test-site-59674/

DefenceTalkCanada is revisiting a decade-old decision not to join the US ballistic missile defense program, a top official in Ottawa said on Thursday. James Bezan, parliamentary secretary to the minister of national defense, told a defense summit in Ottawa that the issue has come up again before both Senate and House of Commons committees. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-revisiting-ballistic-missile-defense-official-59536/

DefenceTalkThe Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) development results will enable Germany to build its future air and missile defense system. This was underscored by Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson and MBDA Germany Managing Director Thomas Homberg in Berlin today. “The collaboration between Germany, Italy and the United States on the Medium […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meads-key-for-german-air-defense-backers-say-59435/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired a new anti-ballistic missile on Sunday in a step towards developing a missile defence system which only an elite club of countries has built. India, which shares borders with arch-rival Pakistan and giant China, both of whom are nuclear-armed, is developing the system that aims to shield it against a ballistic missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-anti-ballistic-missile-59420/

DefenceTalkJapan has ordered a destroyer in the Sea of Japan to strike any ballistic missiles that may be launched by North Koreain the coming weeks after Pyongyang fired a Rodong medium-range missile over the sea, a government source said on Saturday. According to the Reuters report citing an unidentified government source, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-shoot-down-north-korean-ballistic-missile-test-59256/

DefenceTalkFor reasons a senior defense official said included North Korean provocations, treaty commitments to Japan and U.S. national security interests, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that the United States will send Japan two more Aegis-equipped ballistic-missile defense ships by 2017. The ships are designed to intercept ballistic missiles post-boost phase and before reentry. When […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hagel-us-sends-2-more-aegis-ships-to-japan-59247/

DefenceTalkWhen a missile is launched against an enemy target, it would be nice to have a lot of good information about that target. But when “decision makers push the fire button, they may have very little data, and sometimes not timely enough data,” said Col. Rob Rasch Jr., project manager, Integrated Air and Missile Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-and-missile-defense-to-get-smarter-software-59134/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. will soon have another system to defend against ballistic missiles. Raytheon Company delivered its ninth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to the Missile Defense Agency, six months ahead of schedule. AN/TPY-2 is an integral element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. It is a mobile X-band radar that helps protect civilians and infrastructure […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usa-raytheon-ballistic-missile-defense-radar-59086/

DefenceTalkThe first of four US Navy destroyers, the USS Donald Cook, set to be a cornerstone of NATO’s European missile defense shield has arrived at the Spanish naval port of Rota, its new home. Russia says the system is a direct threat to its security. The USS Donald Cook will be joined by three more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-us-missile-shield-destroyer-arrives-in-europe-50692/