North Korea test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile, officials from Japan and South Korea said March 24, marking North Korea's first ICBM-range test in years and once again ramping up tensions in the region. According to a release from the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the ...
Missile Warning & Defense
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska—The Army brought its Patriot surface-to-air missile system and short-range Avenger air defense system to Alaska for the first time to take part in the state's largest joint force exercise, Arctic Edge, which wrapped up March 16. “We are very fortunate ...
Slovakia is prepared to donate its S-300 air defense systems and MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine "immediately" if it can come to an agreement with the U.S. and other NATO partners about replacing the systems with something Western and modern, Slovak defense minister Jaroslav Nad told ...
Maj. Gen. David A. Harris, director of integration and innovation for the deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements, moderates a discussion with retired Maj. Gen. Jon Norman, vice president of air power requirements and capabilities for Raytheon Technologies, and Garret Johnson, precision ...
Maj. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback hosts Brad Reeves, director, C4ISR, Elbit Systems of America; JR Reid, vice president of strategic development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; and Luke Savoie, president, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, L3Harris Technologies, to discuss "ISR / Remote Sensing" at the 2022 AFA ...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's growing strategic arsenal have "pretty well put to bed" the debate over whether the U.S. should preserve all three legs of the nuclear triad, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. Although he would not discuss particulars about the unreleased ...
Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, and USAF Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, discuss threats to the homeland during the AFA Warfare Symposium on March 3, 2022. Watch the video or read ...
Retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, moderates a panel discussion with Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command; and Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command, ...
U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets on NATO's eastern flank are providing tactical information to the Ukrainian Air Force as new air defense assistance arrives inside Ukraine, though the U.S. is being careful to avoid steps that might be seen as escalatory, a defense official ...