DefenceTalkIn an effort shore up its missile defense capabilities, the US military has conducted a massive electronic warfare exercise. The concern? Russian radar jamming technology. Last spring, the US Army conducted a highly classified exercise deep in the New Mexico desert. Held at White Sands Missile Range, the electronic warfare drills were designed to find […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-held-missile-defense-war-games-to-subvert-russian-jamming-65044/

DefenceTalkTurkey and the United States said Sunday that Washington would withdraw its Patriot missile batteries from the country in October after bolstering Ankara’s air defences against threats from Syria’s civil war. The NATO mandate for the mission will run out in October and will not be renewed, but the US is prepared to return Patriot […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-withdraw-patriot-missiles-from-turkey-in-october-65019/

DefenceTalkThe leader of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, or USASMDC/ARSTRAT, explained how the command is ensuring space and missile defense for the war fighter, the Army and the nation during the 18th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Aug. 12. Lt. Gen. David L. Mann, commanding general, USASMDC/ARSTRAT, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-general-addresses-missile-defense-future-during-symposium-65013/

DefenceTalkFour Russian S-300 missile systems will be stationed by the end of this year in Belarus, while the issue of delivering S-400 missile systems to Belarus from Russia is being discussed, Belarusian Defense Minister Gen. Lt. Andrey Ravkov told TASS in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “In the framework of creating a joint regional system […]https://www.defencetalk.com/belarus-in-talks-with-russia-on-supplies-of-s-400-missile-systems-64563/

DefenceTalkThe United States is not likely to place nuclear or conventional ground-based cruise and ballistic missiles in response to alleged Russian violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, experts told Sputnik. The United States has accused Russia of conducting test flights of cruise missiles in violation of the Cold War-era INF Treaty. The Treaty […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-unlikely-to-deploy-missiles-to-europe-64552/

DefenceTalkMoscow has strongly criticized a proposed United States initiative to station military equipment along NATO’s eastern border. It would be the most aggressive act since the Cold War, a Russian defense official said. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, defense ministry official General Yuri Yakubov on Monday slammed the reported Pentagon proposal to store […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-would-retaliate-to-pentagon-weapon-stationing-plan-official-64521/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first flight test of the Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The interceptor’s bigger rocket motors and more capable kill vehicle will engage threats sooner and protect larger regions from short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. The final assembly of the Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-begins-flight-testing-advanced-missile-defense-interceptor-64421/

DefenceTalkThe “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ), a leading German national daily, reported on Friday that Berlin’s defense ministry had decided to purchase the Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) developed by US defense giant Lockheed Martin in cooperation with German MBDA and Italian companies. The defense ministry has, however, so far declined to confirm the report, saying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-defense-reportedly-decides-on-meads-missile-defense-system-64225/

DefenceTalkThe United States and Japan unveiled new rules for defense cooperation in a historic move that will give Japanese forces a wider global role amid concerns over China’s rising sway. Under the revised guidelines, Japan could come to the aid of US forces threatened by a third country or, for example, deploy minesweeper ships to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-japan-widen-defense-ties-in-historic-sea-change-64021/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company announced it has been awarded a contract worth over $2.0 billion to deliver the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract, awarded on April 2, 2015 and booked in the second quarter as a direct commercial sale, includes fully digitized new-production Patriot fire units with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-to-deliver-patriot-air-and-missile-defense-system-to-saudi-arabia-64000/