A new report by the Center for Strategic & International Studies writes that unique phenomena occurring at hypersonic speeds could make hypersonic weapons easier to detect and track on hyperspectral or radiofrequency sensors.
Missile Warning & Defense
WORLD: Counterstrikes in the Middle East; F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots.
A chaotic series of events in which two ballistic missiles were fired from Yemen toward an American destroyer began with an apparently unrelated act of Somali piracy, the Pentagon said Nov. 27. The disclosure adds a new twist to an increasingly complex security situation in ...
The U.S. is working to expand how much it shares from its Shared Early Warning System with South Korea, also known as the Republic of Korea, to counter missile threats from North Korea. The move was confirmed during the annual U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting in ...
The 374th Airlift Wing at Japan's Yokota Air Base held its annual Beverly Morning 24-1 training exercise starting Oct. 16, focusing on its ability to rapidly respond to threats and deploy in less-than-ideal conditions across the Indo-Pacific.
The Space Force stood up the 5th Space Warning Squadron and its Detachment 4 in Japan to oversee active/passive defense and attack operations for JTAGS, a new mission taken on from the Army.
A U.S. Navy warship in the Red Sea shot down three cruise missiles and several drones on Oct. 19 that were launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and potentially heading toward Israel, the Pentagon said. The U.S. military also disclosed that there have been additional drone ...
The U.S. Air Force is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korea alliance with a huge display of airpower at the 2023 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition this week. Most notably, a B-52H Stratofortress is slated to land on the Korean Peninsula for ...
Analyzing the risks and opportunities in the Arctic, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies has developed a framework for a layered missile defeat approach in the Arctic.