DefenceTalkDefenceTalkMissile defense has gone from pie-in-the-sky Star Wars technology in the 1980s to a proven military capability in the 21st century, and the Missile Defense Agency is looking to extend those capabilities against new threats. Navy Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the agency’s director, told the Hypersonic Weapons Systems webinar in London the agency is looking […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missile-defense-chief-looks-to-handle-changing-threat-75807/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Northern Command is responsible for defending the homeland and is morphing to develop 21st century tools to defend against 21st century threats. “Our adversaries have watched, learned and invested to offset our strengths while exploiting our weaknesses,” Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy told the House Armed Services Committee today. “They have demonstrated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northcom-com-calls-for-21st-century-tools-to-defeat-current-threats-74793/

DefenceTalkANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: Twelve Soviet-style blue, black and forest flanker-themed F-16 Fighting Falcons took flight from a frigid 20-below-zero airfield in the Alaskan frontier to traverse the Pacific to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to unleash havoc during exercise Cope North 2020, Feb. 12-28. Operating in the mindset of the enemy, the 18th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/18th-aggressor-squadron-replicates-threats-during-cope-north-2020-74212/

DefenceTalkA massive exercise involving many, if not all, of nine US combatant commands will target an array of strategic threats facing the United States and its allies, the Department of Defense’s US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) announced in a press release on Friday. Beginning Saturday, the drill entitled “Global Lightning 2016” will integrate “nearly every conceivable […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-to-conduct-large-scale-drills-to-counter-strategic-threats-67339/

DefenceTalkNATO commanders are putting in place the infrastructure that will allow the alliance to adapt to new threats, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the press yesterday at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium. Stoltenberg spoke alongside Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, NATO’s supreme allied commander, after NATO commanders briefed the secretary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-prepares-for-challenges-from-east-south-63517/