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Trump’s $19.5B Iron Dome plan: Next-gen interceptors, Aegis, THAAD, space tech, lasers
The IRON DOME Act comes at a time when geopolitical tensions have escalated, particularly with the advancements in missile ...
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RTX Clinches a Contract to Support Rolling Airframe Missile Program
RTX Corporation’s RTX business segment, Raytheon, recently secured a contract for providing design agent and engineering ...
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U.S. Approves Standard Missile-6 Sale for Japan’s Aegis Destroyers
While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...
S. Korea Navy launches task fleet command
South Korea’s military has launched a naval task fleet command that operates Aegis destroyers equipped with a radar system ...
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Japan bolsters anti-air defense with $900 million purchase of US missiles
TOKYO — The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the ...
US Quietly Arms Key Treaty Ally Near China
The Chinese military has frequently dispatched air and naval forces around Japan's islands, which form part of a blockade ...
Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict
Trump’s order does not give any estimate of the costs of such a system, but several hundreds of billions of dollars would ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
All three – Aegis, THAAD and Patriot – will eventually ... capabilities to defeat salvoes prior to launch, non-kinetic missile defense capabilities, and underlayer and terminal-phase intercept ...